Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 988 · 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 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
6. 6.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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