Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 312 · 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 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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