Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 938 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
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) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
16. 16.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model

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