Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 913 · 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 cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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