Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 60 · 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.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card

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