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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 555 · 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 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
  6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
  15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
  17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
  29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
  31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
  33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
  38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. a spinning zoetrope
  4. a poster on a wall
  5. toys shot step by step
  6. False
  7. a road sign
  8. 33
  9. False
  10. False
  11. 3D computer animation
  12. paper cut-outs shot
  13. 2D drawn animation
  14. many still pictures
  15. 2D drawn animation
  16. a little further along
  17. False
  18. stop-motion
  19. 56
  20. a printed photo
  21. 9
  22. True
  23. False
  24. 48
  25. False
  26. a computer-built model
  27. 3D computer animation
  28. pencil drawings on paper
  29. True
  30. persistence of vision
  31. a digital 3D character
  32. a cartoon film
  33. False
  34. 16
  35. puppets moved bit by bit
  36. a framed painting
  37. a comic book page
  38. False
  39. 24
  40. 22

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