Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 526 · 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 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.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) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) the bird in the cage

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