Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 344 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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