Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 211 · 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 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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