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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 976 · 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.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  5. 5.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
  6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
  8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
  9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
  13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
  16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
  18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
  22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
  29. 29.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
  31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
  32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
  36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
  39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card

Answer key

  1. False
  2. stop-motion
  3. 2D drawn animation
  4. pencil drawings on paper
  5. the bird in the cage
  6. 2D drawn animation
  7. a cartoon film
  8. a digital 3D character
  9. False
  10. 8
  11. 2D drawn animation
  12. a looping GIF
  13. False
  14. 2D drawn animation
  15. a printed photo
  16. True
  17. a stop-motion film
  18. True
  19. 11
  20. paper cut-outs shot
  21. a spinning zoetrope
  22. True
  23. flipbook pages
  24. a road sign
  25. 48
  26. a rigged digital model
  27. 3D computer animation
  28. a framed painting
  29. True
  30. a clay model moved a bit
  31. persistence of vision
  32. False
  33. True
  34. stop-motion
  35. a comic book page
  36. True
  37. False
  38. a virtual 3D world
  39. True
  40. a greeting card

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