Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 87 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.🎞️ 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
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
31. 31.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame

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