Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 622 · 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 clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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