Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 304 · 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 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
8. 8.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ 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
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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