Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 276 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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