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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 918 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
  4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
  6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
  13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
  15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
  17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
  24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
  30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
  38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film

Answer key

  1. many still pictures
  2. 3D computer animation
  3. a poster on a wall
  4. 66
  5. 182
  6. 2D drawn animation
  7. True
  8. 2D drawn animation
  9. False
  10. 3D computer animation
  11. 112
  12. the eye blends them
  13. 1
  14. frame
  15. False
  16. paper cut-outs shot
  17. pencil drawings on paper
  18. stop-motion
  19. 3D computer animation
  20. 2
  21. 32
  22. False
  23. toys shot step by step
  24. the movement looks jumpy
  25. 18
  26. 4
  27. stop-motion
  28. False
  29. flipbook pages
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. 16
  34. a zoetrope
  35. 64
  36. True
  37. persistence of vision
  38. 88
  39. a stop-motion film
  40. a printed photo

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