Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 842 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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