Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 979 · 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) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook

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