Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 88 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film

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