Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 252 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
19. 19.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
30. 30.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene

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