Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 232 · 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 10 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) two birds
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
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 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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