Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 127 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?

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