Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 453 · 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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot

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