Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 947 · 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 road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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