Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 179 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ 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
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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