Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 542 · 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 a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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