Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 549 · 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 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) an empty cage
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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