Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 603 · 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 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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