Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 230 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
3. 3.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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