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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 250 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
  11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
  14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
  22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
  29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
  30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
  32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a video game scene
  2. 2D drawn animation
  3. False
  4. False
  5. stop-motion
  6. 60
  7. the movement looks jumpy
  8. 4
  9. True
  10. a cartoon film
  11. False
  12. 130
  13. a framed painting
  14. False
  15. a printed photo
  16. 3D computer animation
  17. 2
  18. 16
  19. 3D computer animation
  20. False
  21. a computer-built model
  22. True
  23. False
  24. 2D drawn animation
  25. 3D computer animation
  26. 11
  27. True
  28. a stop-motion film
  29. the eye blends them
  30. many still pictures
  31. a looping GIF
  32. True
  33. a zoetrope
  34. 15
  35. a hand-drawn cartoon
  36. 2D drawn animation
  37. False
  38. 1
  39. a rigged digital model
  40. True

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