Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 838 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
24. 24.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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