Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 728 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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 video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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