Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 39 · 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 digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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