Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 987 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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