Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 463 · 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 printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger

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