Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 75 · 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 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film

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