Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 893 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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