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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 828 · 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 a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
  3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
  7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
  9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
  10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
  15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  22. 22.🔍 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
  23. 23.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
  31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
  39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

Answer key

  1. 3D computer animation
  2. flipbook pages
  3. 42
  4. False
  5. a clay model moved a bit
  6. a flipbook
  7. False
  8. a framed painting
  9. many still pictures
  10. stop-motion
  11. False
  12. 2D drawn animation
  13. 2D drawn animation
  14. a video game scene
  15. stop-motion
  16. frames drawn on a tablet
  17. stop-motion
  18. True
  19. False
  20. 2D drawn animation
  21. a road sign
  22. a stop-motion film
  23. True
  24. a computer-built model
  25. a looping GIF
  26. 12
  27. 2
  28. 3D computer animation
  29. True
  30. frame
  31. 2
  32. False
  33. a greeting card
  34. 45
  35. 2D drawn animation
  36. False
  37. 16
  38. 50
  39. True
  40. 96

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