Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 805 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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