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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 460 · 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 has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
  8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
  9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
  12. 12.🎞️ 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
  13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
  24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
  28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
  40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. False
  3. 2
  4. a cartoon film
  5. a spinning zoetrope
  6. a stop-motion film
  7. a printed photo
  8. many still pictures
  9. False
  10. False
  11. a road sign
  12. the eye blends them
  13. True
  14. puppets moved bit by bit
  15. a flipbook
  16. a poster on a wall
  17. a greeting card
  18. 60
  19. True
  20. 32
  21. stop-motion
  22. 40
  23. a hand-drawn cartoon
  24. 3D computer animation
  25. False
  26. 3D computer animation
  27. a zoetrope
  28. 2D drawn animation
  29. 39
  30. 3
  31. a virtual 3D world
  32. a looping GIF
  33. 3
  34. False
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a computer-built model
  38. 3D computer animation
  39. a comic book page
  40. pencil drawings on paper

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