Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 166 · 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 digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
35. 35.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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