Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 339 · 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 rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them

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