Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 616 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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