Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 97 · 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 road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 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) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
17. 17.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
22. 22.🎞️ 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
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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