Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 152 · 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.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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