Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 899 · 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.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy

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