Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 880 · 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) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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