Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 271 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
6. 6.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🎞️ 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
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign

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