Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 267 · 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 a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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