Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 995 · 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 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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