Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 851 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
10. 10.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
13. 13.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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