Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 331 · 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 hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
7. 7.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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