Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 612 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film

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