Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 164 · 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 kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
6. 6.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
17. 17.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
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.🌀 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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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