Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 84 · 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.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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