Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 261 · 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) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

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