Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 677 · 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 kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them

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