Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 705 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
17. 17.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ 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
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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