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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 137 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
  12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
  16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
  20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
  23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
  30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
  35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
  39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

Answer key

  1. a video game scene
  2. 2D drawn animation
  3. a clay model moved a bit
  4. True
  5. stop-motion
  6. a printed photo
  7. a looping GIF
  8. 225
  9. 50
  10. 4
  11. a poster on a wall
  12. 240
  13. a little further along
  14. stop-motion
  15. a road sign
  16. 10
  17. a comic book page
  18. 3D computer animation
  19. the movement looks jumpy
  20. True
  21. True
  22. a greeting card
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. 2D drawn animation
  28. 18
  29. a spinning zoetrope
  30. True
  31. 3
  32. frames drawn on a tablet
  33. 2D drawn animation
  34. pencil drawings on paper
  35. toys shot step by step
  36. 2
  37. False
  38. the bird in the cage
  39. 2D drawn animation
  40. 3D computer animation

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