Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 819 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ 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
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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