Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 83 · 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 spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

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