Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 45 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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