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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 498 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  2. 2.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
  5. 5.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
  7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
  15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
  24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
  30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
  32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
  33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
  40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character

Answer key

  1. 2D drawn animation
  2. the bird in the cage
  3. a poster on a wall
  4. a printed photo
  5. False
  6. a computer-built model
  7. a zoetrope
  8. 100
  9. frames drawn on a tablet
  10. 24
  11. stop-motion
  12. 3D computer animation
  13. 4
  14. many still pictures
  15. True
  16. 3D computer animation
  17. a clay model moved a bit
  18. 20
  19. 4
  20. 18
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a spinning zoetrope
  24. True
  25. puppets moved bit by bit
  26. 3
  27. 28
  28. True
  29. 210
  30. stop-motion
  31. a video game scene
  32. frame
  33. False
  34. 48
  35. True
  36. 32
  37. False
  38. 72
  39. paper cut-outs shot
  40. a digital 3D character

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