Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 902 · 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 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all

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