Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 726 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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