Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 731 · 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 printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
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.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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