Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 881 · 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) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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