Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 905 · 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 comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
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.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall

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