Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 437 · 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 comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🎞️ 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
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?

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