Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 128 · 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 poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
32. 32.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall

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