Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 562 · 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 cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink

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