Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 894 · 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 with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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