Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 482 · 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) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
8. 8.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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