Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 941 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step

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