Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 855 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
18. 18.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit

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