Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 927 · 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 stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
12. 12.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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