Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 577 · 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 looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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