Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 19 · 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 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 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 virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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