Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 896 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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