Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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