Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 490 · 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 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook

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