Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 176 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
11. 11.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds

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