Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 142 · 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 looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy

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