Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 914 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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