Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 187 · 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 digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
36. 36.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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