Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 771 · 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 framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
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) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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