Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 727 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
11. 11.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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