Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 237 · 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) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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