Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 989 · 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 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
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 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo

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