Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 812 · 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 spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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