Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 909 · 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 flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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