Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 693 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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