Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 823 · 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 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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