Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 285 · 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 road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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