Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 829 · 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 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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