Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 553 · 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) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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