Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 978 · 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 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF

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