Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 485 · 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 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting

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