Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 929 · 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) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.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) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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