Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 576 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
38. 38.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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