Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 108 · 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 spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
36. 36.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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