Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 90 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step

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