Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 802 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
13. 13.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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