Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 85 · 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.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 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 flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character

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