Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 282 · 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 flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?

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