Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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