Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 922 · 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 stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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