Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 579 · 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 has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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