Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 890 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ 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
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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