Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 319 · 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 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.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) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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