Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 389 · 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 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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