Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 209 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 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 microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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