Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 134 · 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 kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
23. 23.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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