Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 620 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model

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