Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 660 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🎞️ 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
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 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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