Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 197 · 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) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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