Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 116 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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