Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 868 · 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 stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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