Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 347 · 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) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy

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