Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 630 · 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) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.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) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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