Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 168 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.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) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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