Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 640 · 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 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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