Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 310 · 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 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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