Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 790 · 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 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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