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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 219 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (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) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  14. 14.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
  15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
  21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
  28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. stop-motion
  3. 2D drawn animation
  4. many still pictures
  5. 3D computer animation
  6. stop-motion
  7. 3D computer animation
  8. paper cut-outs shot
  9. 1
  10. frame
  11. a spinning zoetrope
  12. 2D drawn animation
  13. stop-motion
  14. the eye blends them
  15. False
  16. 32
  17. persistence of vision
  18. 27
  19. 20
  20. a framed painting
  21. pencil drawings on paper
  22. 2D drawn animation
  23. False
  24. 56
  25. True
  26. False
  27. a greeting card
  28. frames drawn on a tablet
  29. 2
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. 40
  34. 3D computer animation
  35. 33
  36. 1
  37. flipbook pages
  38. 96
  39. 12
  40. 80

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