Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 402 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page

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