Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 207 · 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 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them

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