Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 35 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
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 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?

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