Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 999 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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