Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 885 · 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 spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
32. 32.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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