Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 129 · 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 road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures

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