Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 170 · 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 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
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.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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