Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 568 · 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.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo

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