Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 956 · 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 cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
13. 13.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) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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