Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 674 · 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 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
14. 14.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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