Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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