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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 560 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
  8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
  9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 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) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
  22. 22.🎞️ 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
  23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
  31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  36. 36.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
  38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
  40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a rigged digital model
  3. a framed painting
  4. 2D drawn animation
  5. 3
  6. False
  7. a stop-motion film
  8. frames drawn on a tablet
  9. stop-motion
  10. 45
  11. stop-motion
  12. 3D computer animation
  13. many still pictures
  14. 3D computer animation
  15. 120
  16. True
  17. False
  18. 28
  19. 2D drawn animation
  20. persistence of vision
  21. a greeting card
  22. the bird in the cage
  23. True
  24. paper cut-outs shot
  25. 2
  26. False
  27. True
  28. 14
  29. 2D drawn animation
  30. a video game scene
  31. False
  32. True
  33. a computer-built model
  34. a printed photo
  35. 48
  36. the eye blends them
  37. a looping GIF
  38. True
  39. a cartoon film
  40. False

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