Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 136 · 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 flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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