Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 836 · 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 virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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