Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 912 · 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 greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn 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 comic book page (d) a printed photo
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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