Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 65 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (d) two birds
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall

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