Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 551 · 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.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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