Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 58 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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