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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 431 · 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 a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
  5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
  9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  19. 19.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
  21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
  22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
  37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  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) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 2
  3. 256
  4. a poster on a wall
  5. False
  6. a rigged digital model
  7. frame
  8. a greeting card
  9. True
  10. 13
  11. 144
  12. 2D drawn animation
  13. False
  14. 3
  15. the eye blends them
  16. 2D drawn animation
  17. 3D computer animation
  18. 3D computer animation
  19. True
  20. the movement looks jumpy
  21. many still pictures
  22. 2D drawn animation
  23. 90
  24. a zoetrope
  25. 8
  26. 2D drawn animation
  27. 3D computer animation
  28. a spinning zoetrope
  29. 3
  30. 3D computer animation
  31. False
  32. 1
  33. True
  34. 36
  35. a printed photo
  36. a framed painting
  37. True
  38. the bird in the cage
  39. 2
  40. pencil drawings on paper

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