Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 95 · 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 kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along

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