Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 46 · 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 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
10. 10.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character

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