Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 522 · 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 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
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 is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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