Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 104 · 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.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo

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