Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 125 · 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.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
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 is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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