Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 943 · 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 road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene

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