Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 508 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
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 digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
39. 39.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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