Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 520 · 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) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
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) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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