Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 901 · 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 looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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