Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 325 · 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 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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