Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 895 · 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.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
29. 29.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model

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