Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 856 · 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 digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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