Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 392 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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