Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 936 · 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 comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (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 in 3 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing

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