Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 702 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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