Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 954 · 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 kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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