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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 709 · 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 kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
  4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
  6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
  8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
  24. 24.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
  25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  35. 35.🎞️ 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
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet

Answer key

  1. 2D drawn animation
  2. a computer-built model
  3. a poster on a wall
  4. 20
  5. a comic book page
  6. 16
  7. pencil drawings on paper
  8. a hand-drawn cartoon
  9. paper cut-outs shot
  10. 36
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. 30
  17. 8
  18. a flipbook
  19. 2
  20. 2D drawn animation
  21. True
  22. 3D computer animation
  23. a greeting card
  24. the bird in the cage
  25. a digital 3D character
  26. False
  27. True
  28. frame
  29. 78
  30. 1
  31. a rigged digital model
  32. 208
  33. True
  34. 81
  35. the eye blends them
  36. 2D drawn animation
  37. 80
  38. stop-motion
  39. 3D computer animation
  40. toys shot step by step

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