Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 543 · 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 virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
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.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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