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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 609 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
  4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
  7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
  10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
  25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
  28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

Answer key

  1. the eye blends them
  2. 3D computer animation
  3. frame
  4. a little further along
  5. stop-motion
  6. many still pictures
  7. frames drawn on a tablet
  8. stop-motion
  9. a clay model moved a bit
  10. the movement looks jumpy
  11. a flipbook
  12. 2D drawn animation
  13. True
  14. True
  15. a hand-drawn cartoon
  16. False
  17. True
  18. paper cut-outs shot
  19. 1
  20. 3D computer animation
  21. 16
  22. 1
  23. 3D computer animation
  24. a poster on a wall
  25. a computer-built model
  26. 40
  27. a stop-motion film
  28. True
  29. a cartoon film
  30. a looping GIF
  31. 280
  32. False
  33. a printed photo
  34. False
  35. 3D computer animation
  36. 2D drawn animation
  37. True
  38. 1
  39. True
  40. 96

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