Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 258 · 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.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage

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