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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 238 · 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.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.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 rigged digital model
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
  10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
  23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
  27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
  29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
  30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
  33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
  34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
  36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a spinning zoetrope
  3. 3D computer animation
  4. 2D drawn animation
  5. 66
  6. False
  7. puppets moved bit by bit
  8. 16
  9. a cartoon film
  10. a rigged digital model
  11. 4
  12. a framed painting
  13. 2D drawn animation
  14. 60
  15. False
  16. 3
  17. 4
  18. the eye blends them
  19. stop-motion
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a road sign
  23. False
  24. 48
  25. a hand-drawn cartoon
  26. a flipbook
  27. frames drawn on a tablet
  28. a stop-motion film
  29. a little further along
  30. False
  31. 3D computer animation
  32. many still pictures
  33. the movement looks jumpy
  34. True
  35. frame
  36. True
  37. 28
  38. 297
  39. 3
  40. persistence of vision

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