Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 439 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model

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