Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 330 · 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 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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