Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 188 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
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 is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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