Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 216 · 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 virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot

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