Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 982 · 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 with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting

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