Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 661 · 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 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot

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