Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 426 · 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) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.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) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF

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