Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 801 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

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