Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 340 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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