Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 930 · 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 cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
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.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model

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