Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 712 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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