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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 662 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
  6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
  13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  17. 17.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
  22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
  28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
  32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
  35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
  39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a virtual 3D world
  2. stop-motion
  3. 1
  4. 2D drawn animation
  5. the movement looks jumpy
  6. 1
  7. 39
  8. persistence of vision
  9. 16
  10. 128
  11. a printed photo
  12. a stop-motion film
  13. False
  14. 3D computer animation
  15. 3D computer animation
  16. 2D drawn animation
  17. False
  18. 3D computer animation
  19. flipbook pages
  20. 36
  21. a digital 3D character
  22. False
  23. 90
  24. stop-motion
  25. False
  26. stop-motion
  27. a clay model moved a bit
  28. True
  29. stop-motion
  30. False
  31. many still pictures
  32. False
  33. False
  34. a framed painting
  35. pencil drawings on paper
  36. True
  37. False
  38. a road sign
  39. True
  40. True

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