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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 595 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
  2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
  6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
  7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
  12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
  13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  16. 16.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
  24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
  25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
  28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
  31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
  36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
  38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a little further along
  2. False
  3. 2D drawn animation
  4. 3D computer animation
  5. a flipbook
  6. a zoetrope
  7. 2
  8. 2D drawn animation
  9. True
  10. 36
  11. a framed painting
  12. a digital 3D character
  13. pencil drawings on paper
  14. 2D drawn animation
  15. flipbook pages
  16. False
  17. 324
  18. 33
  19. 3
  20. True
  21. 36
  22. a stop-motion film
  23. a looping GIF
  24. the movement looks jumpy
  25. many still pictures
  26. a comic book page
  27. a video game scene
  28. 3
  29. 3D computer animation
  30. a virtual 3D world
  31. 3D computer animation
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. toys shot step by step
  36. True
  37. frames drawn on a tablet
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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