Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 706 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
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 rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
28. 28.🎞️ 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon

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