Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 537 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them

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