Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 906 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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