Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 682 · 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 with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo

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