Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 365 · 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 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
16. 16.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
30. 30.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo

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