Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 910 · 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 poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound

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