Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 106 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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