Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 30 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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