Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 867 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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