Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 755 · 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 looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 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) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon

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