Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 752 · 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 poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
8. 8.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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