Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 942 · 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 the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ 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
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
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.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film

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