Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 469 · 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 with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
32. 32.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo

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