Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 413 · 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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 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 flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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