Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 229 · 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.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
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 comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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