Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 694 · 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.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer 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
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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