Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 963 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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