Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 934 · 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 zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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