Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 245 · 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 rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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