Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 684 · 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) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit

Free animation and design lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/animation-for-kids