Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 853 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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