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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 977 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
  3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
  6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
  8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
  12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
  16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
  18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
  20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
  22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
  24. 24.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
  29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
  31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
  32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
  40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster

Answer key

  1. frames drawn on a tablet
  2. a stop-motion film
  3. False
  4. a road sign
  5. a poster on a wall
  6. 3D computer animation
  7. a zoetrope
  8. stop-motion
  9. many still pictures
  10. 3
  11. a clay model moved a bit
  12. 64
  13. 2D drawn animation
  14. a printed photo
  15. a flipbook
  16. False
  17. 180
  18. False
  19. a digital 3D character
  20. 2D drawn animation
  21. paper cut-outs shot
  22. False
  23. pencil drawings on paper
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a comic book page
  27. 2
  28. 2D drawn animation
  29. 10
  30. a spinning zoetrope
  31. flipbook pages
  32. 3D computer animation
  33. toys shot step by step
  34. 44
  35. False
  36. stop-motion
  37. True
  38. False
  39. 110
  40. frame

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