Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 644 · 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 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🎞️ 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
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?

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