Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 240 · 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 each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope

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