Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 298 · 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 stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
29. 29.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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