Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 307 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
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) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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