Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 334 · 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 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards

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