Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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