Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 865 · 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) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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