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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 22 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
  4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
  7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
  9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
  10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
  13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
  14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  17. 17.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
  21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  23. 23.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

Answer key

  1. stop-motion
  2. 4
  3. a greeting card
  4. True
  5. 2
  6. a spinning zoetrope
  7. a clay model moved a bit
  8. a poster on a wall
  9. a zoetrope
  10. stop-motion
  11. 200
  12. a stop-motion film
  13. many still pictures
  14. 40
  15. 2D drawn animation
  16. 30
  17. False
  18. the movement looks jumpy
  19. 3D computer animation
  20. a video game scene
  21. True
  22. 3
  23. True
  24. stop-motion
  25. toys shot step by step
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. 108
  31. 1
  32. 2D drawn animation
  33. 3D computer animation
  34. 44
  35. a digital 3D character
  36. 30
  37. True
  38. paper cut-outs shot
  39. 18
  40. 4

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