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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 270 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
  2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
  4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
  7. 7.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
  10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
  16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
  22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
  23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
  25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
  27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
  31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
  38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope

Answer key

  1. the eye blends them
  2. False
  3. a spinning zoetrope
  4. a computer-built model
  5. 2D drawn animation
  6. a road sign
  7. False
  8. False
  9. many still pictures
  10. True
  11. 26
  12. 3D computer animation
  13. True
  14. False
  15. toys shot step by step
  16. True
  17. 4
  18. 2D drawn animation
  19. 90
  20. False
  21. a virtual 3D world
  22. frame
  23. stop-motion
  24. persistence of vision
  25. True
  26. a comic book page
  27. True
  28. 2D drawn animation
  29. a clay model moved a bit
  30. puppets moved bit by bit
  31. pencil drawings on paper
  32. 144
  33. 2
  34. stop-motion
  35. 4
  36. 270
  37. paper cut-outs shot
  38. False
  39. True
  40. a poster on a wall

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