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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 806 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
  2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
  5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
  11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
  14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
  21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
  25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
  27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
  31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
  32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character

Answer key

  1. paper cut-outs shot
  2. False
  3. 3D computer animation
  4. a cartoon film
  5. 14
  6. True
  7. True
  8. 3D computer animation
  9. 12
  10. frame
  11. a clay model moved a bit
  12. stop-motion
  13. a road sign
  14. True
  15. False
  16. 2D drawn animation
  17. 3D computer animation
  18. a virtual 3D world
  19. a greeting card
  20. a flipbook
  21. 2D drawn animation
  22. a little further along
  23. a framed painting
  24. a spinning zoetrope
  25. stop-motion
  26. flipbook pages
  27. True
  28. 1
  29. False
  30. a comic book page
  31. many still pictures
  32. 15
  33. 1
  34. False
  35. 300
  36. stop-motion
  37. 3D computer animation
  38. a looping GIF
  39. 4
  40. a digital 3D character

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