Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 519 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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