Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 409 · 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 comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
23. 23.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
35. 35.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times 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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