Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 234 · 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 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
14. 14.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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 kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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