Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 800 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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