Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 753 · 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 stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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