Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 195 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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