Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 113 · 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 spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
6. 6.🎞️ 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
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook

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