Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 859 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.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) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model

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