Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 763 · 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 road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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