Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 476 · 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 zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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