Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 904 · 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 framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame

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