Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 55 · 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade

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