Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 499 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ 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
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
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) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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