Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 994 · 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 kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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