Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 541 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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