Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 844 · 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 kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
13. 13.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF

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