Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 973 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster

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