Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 573 · 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 road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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