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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 747 · 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 flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
  4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
  6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
  15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
  16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
  17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
  23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
  25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
  30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  31. 31.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
  35. 35.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 10
  3. a printed photo
  4. True
  5. a cartoon film
  6. False
  7. 33
  8. 16
  9. 2D drawn animation
  10. stop-motion
  11. False
  12. 32
  13. 26
  14. puppets moved bit by bit
  15. frame
  16. paper cut-outs shot
  17. pencil drawings on paper
  18. 224
  19. a poster on a wall
  20. 66
  21. True
  22. the bird in the cage
  23. stop-motion
  24. many still pictures
  25. False
  26. 22
  27. True
  28. False
  29. toys shot step by step
  30. stop-motion
  31. True
  32. False
  33. frames drawn on a tablet
  34. flipbook pages
  35. persistence of vision
  36. 56
  37. 3D computer animation
  38. the eye blends them
  39. 27
  40. a spinning zoetrope

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