Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 921 · 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 printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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