Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 861 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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