Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 59 · 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 card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope

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