Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 514 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
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 kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model

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