Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 972 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
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.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF

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