Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 505 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
20. 20.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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