Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 658 · 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 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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