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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 434 · 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 stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
  4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
  5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
  11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
  19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
  22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
  23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
  27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
  36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
  38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
  40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a framed painting
  2. 3D computer animation
  3. paper cut-outs shot
  4. a zoetrope
  5. 81
  6. stop-motion
  7. True
  8. 3D computer animation
  9. 36
  10. a comic book page
  11. True
  12. stop-motion
  13. False
  14. frames drawn on a tablet
  15. a little further along
  16. stop-motion
  17. 4
  18. a flipbook
  19. False
  20. 390
  21. persistence of vision
  22. a digital 3D character
  23. 3D computer animation
  24. True
  25. False
  26. a rigged digital model
  27. 2
  28. False
  29. frame
  30. a spinning zoetrope
  31. 45
  32. 24
  33. True
  34. 2D drawn animation
  35. the eye blends them
  36. False
  37. a clay model moved a bit
  38. 3D computer animation
  39. a stop-motion film
  40. False

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