Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 18 · 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) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision

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