Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 224 · 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 9 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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