Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 40 · 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.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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