Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 153 · 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 with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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