Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 960 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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