Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 681 · 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) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
23. 23.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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