Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 200 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
12. 12.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
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 is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot

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