Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 626 · 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) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) two birds

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