Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 324 · 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 kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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