Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 56 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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