Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 655 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
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 is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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