Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 676 · 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 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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