Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 642 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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