Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 624 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) an empty cage
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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