Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 432 · 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 video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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