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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 837 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
  4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  5. 5.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
  8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
  11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
  13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
  15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
  23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.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) pencil drawings on paper
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
  34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
  36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
  37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
  40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

Answer key

  1. stop-motion
  2. 3D computer animation
  3. the eye blends them
  4. 2D drawn animation
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a video game scene
  8. False
  9. True
  10. a poster on a wall
  11. True
  12. a computer-built model
  13. False
  14. the movement looks jumpy
  15. 198
  16. frame
  17. a flipbook
  18. 2D drawn animation
  19. True
  20. 162
  21. 30
  22. a greeting card
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. 3
  26. 32
  27. True
  28. 3D computer animation
  29. stop-motion
  30. 3D computer animation
  31. True
  32. pencil drawings on paper
  33. 288
  34. 2D drawn animation
  35. a road sign
  36. many still pictures
  37. False
  38. toys shot step by step
  39. a spinning zoetrope
  40. 3D computer animation

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