Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 410 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper

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