Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 118 · 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 poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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