Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 151 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
8. 8.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 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 poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster

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