Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 169 · 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 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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