Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 274 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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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