Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 353 · 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 digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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