Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 403 · 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) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo

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