Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 645 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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