Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 878 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) an empty cage
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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