Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 657 · 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) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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