Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 919 · 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 cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF

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