Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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