Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 928 · 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.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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