Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 111 · 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 printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
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) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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