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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 957 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
  2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  3. 3.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
  9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
  12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
  16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
  18. 18.🎞️ 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
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
  21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
  25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
  26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
  29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
  33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
  38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
  40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 70
  2. 24
  3. True
  4. 4
  5. 2D drawn animation
  6. 1
  7. 2D drawn animation
  8. a hand-drawn cartoon
  9. 3D computer animation
  10. 56
  11. a video game scene
  12. False
  13. 3D computer animation
  14. False
  15. toys shot step by step
  16. 2D drawn animation
  17. a flipbook
  18. the movement looks jumpy
  19. 1
  20. a comic book page
  21. 3
  22. False
  23. a computer-built model
  24. a looping GIF
  25. puppets moved bit by bit
  26. True
  27. stop-motion
  28. paper cut-outs shot
  29. stop-motion
  30. False
  31. stop-motion
  32. many still pictures
  33. True
  34. 16
  35. 2
  36. stop-motion
  37. a greeting card
  38. False
  39. the bird in the cage
  40. False

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