Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 385 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot

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