Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 811 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
3. 3.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.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 virtual 3D world
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
17. 17.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world

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