Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 794 · 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 kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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