Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 295 · 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 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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