Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 483 · 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 a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
12. 12.🎞️ 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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