Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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