Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 788 · 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 road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper

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