Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 739 · 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 printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
35. 35.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character

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