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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 178 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
  2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
  6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
  10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
  21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
  30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  35. 35.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
  37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. many still pictures
  2. the eye blends them
  3. 24
  4. 3D computer animation
  5. a stop-motion film
  6. flipbook pages
  7. a looping GIF
  8. 2D drawn animation
  9. a zoetrope
  10. persistence of vision
  11. 8
  12. 10
  13. stop-motion
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. frame
  18. 56
  19. a greeting card
  20. a video game scene
  21. stop-motion
  22. puppets moved bit by bit
  23. 2
  24. 2D drawn animation
  25. a flipbook
  26. 160
  27. stop-motion
  28. False
  29. a comic book page
  30. 165
  31. 30
  32. 45
  33. 32
  34. 108
  35. False
  36. pencil drawings on paper
  37. True
  38. toys shot step by step
  39. 3
  40. True

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