Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 814 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
12. 12.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🎞️ 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
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit

Free animation and design lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/animation-for-kids