Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 333 · 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 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages

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