Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 242 · 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 has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film

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