Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 548 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon

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