Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 720 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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