Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 190 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step

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