Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 503 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ 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
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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