Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 782 · 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 video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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