Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 435 · 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.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
27. 27.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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