Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 89 · 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.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
16. 16.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character

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