Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 160 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model

Free animation and design lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/animation-for-kids