Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 227 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
6. 6.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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