Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 96 · 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) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ 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
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ 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
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model

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