Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 486 · 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 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
36. 36.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 virtual 3D world
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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