Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 587 · 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 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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