Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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