Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 98 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene

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