Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 903 · 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 comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.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) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF

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