Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 450 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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