Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 768 · 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 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting

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