Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 43 · 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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