Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 948 · 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 video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
12. 12.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film

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