Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 185 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
36. 36.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon

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