Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 120 · 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 cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
9. 9.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
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 spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world

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