Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 433 · 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.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
11. 11.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film

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