Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 923 · 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 printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
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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