Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 135 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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