Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 69 · 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 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) nothing at all
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
20. 20.🎞️ 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
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character

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