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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

Answer key

  1. 2D drawn animation
  2. 4
  3. a comic book page
  4. the eye blends them
  5. a looping GIF
  6. False
  7. 330
  8. False
  9. True
  10. persistence of vision
  11. a zoetrope
  12. True
  13. a computer-built model
  14. 80
  15. flipbook pages
  16. 56
  17. False
  18. 64
  19. stop-motion
  20. False
  21. 3
  22. a digital 3D character
  23. stop-motion
  24. a little further along
  25. 3D computer animation
  26. 48
  27. 15
  28. a clay model moved a bit
  29. a road sign
  30. a cartoon film
  31. True
  32. False
  33. True
  34. 3D computer animation
  35. 144
  36. 28
  37. a hand-drawn cartoon
  38. a video game scene
  39. a spinning zoetrope
  40. False

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