Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 789 · 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 kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?

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