Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 275 · 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 printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
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.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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