Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 180 · 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 hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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