Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 143 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound

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