Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 915 · 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 a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ 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
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo

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