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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 203 · 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 kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
  6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
  7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  9. 9.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
  20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
  25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
  30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
  34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
  39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
  40. 40.🎞️ 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

Answer key

  1. 2D drawn animation
  2. flipbook pages
  3. 2D drawn animation
  4. pencil drawings on paper
  5. a comic book page
  6. a little further along
  7. False
  8. stop-motion
  9. True
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. False
  13. the movement looks jumpy
  14. 3D computer animation
  15. True
  16. stop-motion
  17. a printed photo
  18. a video game scene
  19. a framed painting
  20. 2D drawn animation
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. a hand-drawn cartoon
  25. stop-motion
  26. a stop-motion film
  27. stop-motion
  28. 3D computer animation
  29. paper cut-outs shot
  30. 150
  31. True
  32. 3
  33. a poster on a wall
  34. False
  35. a road sign
  36. 2D drawn animation
  37. False
  38. a flipbook
  39. persistence of vision
  40. the eye blends them

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