Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 990 · 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 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene

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