Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 372 · 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ 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
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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