Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 653 · 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 rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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