Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 133 · 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 framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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