Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 955 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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