Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 378 · 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) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card

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