Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 93 · 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 stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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