Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 845 · 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 hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.🎞️ 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
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film

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