Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 400 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 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 stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times 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 each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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