Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 575 · 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 road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.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) a digital 3D character
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
18. 18.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

Free animation and design lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/animation-for-kids