Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 284 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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