Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 449 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster

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