Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 740 · 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 greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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