Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 621 · 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.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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