Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 459 · 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 framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
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 is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
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) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ 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
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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