Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 751 · 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.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot

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