Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 455 · 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 poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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