Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 355 · 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) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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