Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 917 · 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 stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
36. 36.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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