Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 638 · 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 kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.🎞️ 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
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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