Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 315 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🔍 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
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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