Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 639 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ 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
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film

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