Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 971 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene

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