Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 446 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model

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