Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 321 · 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 with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 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 road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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