Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 754 · 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 cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
30. 30.🎞️ 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
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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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