Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 481 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world

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