Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 61 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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