Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 686 · 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.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
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) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
32. 32.🎞️ 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
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook

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