Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 99 · 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) much bigger (d) a little further along
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 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 greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting

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