Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 563 · 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 spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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