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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 352 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
  3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
  4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
  5. 5.🎞️ 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
  6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
  8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
  9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
  12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
  13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
  14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
  18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
  20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
  22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
  38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
  39. 39.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. many still pictures
  3. pencil drawings on paper
  4. a zoetrope
  5. the movement looks jumpy
  6. True
  7. frames drawn on a tablet
  8. paper cut-outs shot
  9. 2D drawn animation
  10. 64
  11. a hand-drawn cartoon
  12. a little further along
  13. a computer-built model
  14. 120
  15. True
  16. a rigged digital model
  17. a spinning zoetrope
  18. False
  19. persistence of vision
  20. the eye blends them
  21. a road sign
  22. True
  23. 36
  24. True
  25. False
  26. 16
  27. False
  28. 30
  29. stop-motion
  30. False
  31. False
  32. 26
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. 3D computer animation
  37. frame
  38. the bird in the cage
  39. False
  40. 3D computer animation

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