Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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