Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 945 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
20. 20.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ 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
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along

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