Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 588 · 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 comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
32. 32.🎞️ 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
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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