Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 873 · 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 computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step

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