Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 558 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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