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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 743 · 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.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
  6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
  7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
  8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
  14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
  15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
  20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
  22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
  31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
  37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. 4
  4. 2D drawn animation
  5. a poster on a wall
  6. a virtual 3D world
  7. persistence of vision
  8. flipbook pages
  9. 195
  10. True
  11. 8
  12. 2D drawn animation
  13. the eye blends them
  14. a digital 3D character
  15. 1
  16. False
  17. a hand-drawn cartoon
  18. 2D drawn animation
  19. a stop-motion film
  20. False
  21. a clay model moved a bit
  22. False
  23. a video game scene
  24. a comic book page
  25. 40
  26. 3
  27. 10
  28. 144
  29. many still pictures
  30. a framed painting
  31. False
  32. True
  33. 162
  34. a cartoon film
  35. 39
  36. a flipbook
  37. a computer-built model
  38. 132
  39. 80
  40. 9

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