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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 668 · 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 has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
  4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
  17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
  28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
  35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
  36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene

Answer key

  1. 210
  2. 44
  3. a computer-built model
  4. True
  5. 3D computer animation
  6. 3D computer animation
  7. flipbook pages
  8. a framed painting
  9. 14
  10. True
  11. 2D drawn animation
  12. stop-motion
  13. stop-motion
  14. True
  15. 1
  16. frame
  17. 3D computer animation
  18. False
  19. 120
  20. False
  21. True
  22. stop-motion
  23. 30
  24. a clay model moved a bit
  25. 2D drawn animation
  26. persistence of vision
  27. a flipbook
  28. False
  29. 99
  30. the eye blends them
  31. 48
  32. 64
  33. a little further along
  34. a road sign
  35. frames drawn on a tablet
  36. False
  37. stop-motion
  38. a looping GIF
  39. 1
  40. a greeting card

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