Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 150 · 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 poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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