Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 889 · 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 spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page

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