Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 680 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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