Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 356 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
4. 4.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) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
29. 29.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world

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