Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 256 · 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 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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