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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 858 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
  5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
  7. 7.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  10. 10.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
  12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
  17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 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 video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
  23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
  24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
  27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
  30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
  33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. stop-motion
  2. 2
  3. 3D computer animation
  4. the eye blends them
  5. True
  6. a road sign
  7. True
  8. 24
  9. 72
  10. True
  11. a hand-drawn cartoon
  12. 3D computer animation
  13. False
  14. 30
  15. a comic book page
  16. many still pictures
  17. stop-motion
  18. 72
  19. 2D drawn animation
  20. frame
  21. 18
  22. a greeting card
  23. pencil drawings on paper
  24. 16
  25. toys shot step by step
  26. 96
  27. True
  28. a stop-motion film
  29. a cartoon film
  30. puppets moved bit by bit
  31. a video game scene
  32. a framed painting
  33. 2D drawn animation
  34. False
  35. a rigged digital model
  36. 2D drawn animation
  37. 3
  38. 9
  39. False
  40. False

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