Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 299 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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