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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 721 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
  6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
  11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  18. 18.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
  29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
  32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
  35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
  36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
  40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. persistence of vision
  2. 2D drawn animation
  3. 1
  4. stop-motion
  5. a stop-motion film
  6. False
  7. the eye blends them
  8. 2D drawn animation
  9. 160
  10. a video game scene
  11. toys shot step by step
  12. stop-motion
  13. a comic book page
  14. 3D computer animation
  15. False
  16. 72
  17. 3D computer animation
  18. the movement looks jumpy
  19. 2D drawn animation
  20. True
  21. 270
  22. True
  23. a clay model moved a bit
  24. True
  25. False
  26. 3
  27. a printed photo
  28. a road sign
  29. True
  30. True
  31. a flipbook
  32. 2D drawn animation
  33. a little further along
  34. a framed painting
  35. a computer-built model
  36. False
  37. False
  38. 27
  39. a poster on a wall
  40. True

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