Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 80 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
28. 28.🎞️ 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
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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