Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 226 · 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 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade

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