Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 992 · 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 8 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
36. 36.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) two birds
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place

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