Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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