Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 872 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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