Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 364 · 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 kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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