Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 390 · 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.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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