Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 871 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
38. 38.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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