Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 833 · 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 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon

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