Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 734 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) two birds
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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