Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 210 · 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 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot

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