Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 986 · 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 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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