Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 489 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope

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