Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 852 · 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 clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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