Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 729 · 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 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
31. 31.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 clay model moved a bit
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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