Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 109 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place

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