Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 484 · 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 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn 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 clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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