Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 350 · 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 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
28. 28.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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