Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 769 · 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 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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