Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 231 · 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 spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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