Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 646 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ 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
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

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