Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 937 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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