Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 277 · 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 comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (d) two birds
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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