Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 776 · 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 with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall

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