Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 518 · 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 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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