Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 965 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

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