Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 50 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
9. 9.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
30. 30.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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