Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 502 · 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 kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit

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