Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 831 · 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 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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