Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 840 · 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) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?

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