Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 690 · 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 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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