Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 884 · 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 card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo

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