Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 863 · 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 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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