Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 571 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF

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