Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 465 · 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 kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
37. 37.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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