Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 696 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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