Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 451 · 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.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ 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
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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