Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 473 · 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.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
31. 31.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world

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