Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 198 · 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) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook

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