Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 140 · 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 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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