Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 296 · 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 video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (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) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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