Animation: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Animation by Sara Green. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 1. Tiny parts of films; there are 24 frames per second in most movies
  • 5. An image that is not what it seems to be
  • 7. New methods or ideas
  • 9. An early animations toy shaped like a drum with slits on the side; pictures on the inside appeared to move when the drum was spun
  • 10. A group of businesses that provide a certain product

Down

  • 2. A technique where objects are moved a tiny bit between frames; when the frames are played back, the objects appear to move on their own
  • 3. Sets of drawings that show what will happen in a film or television show
  • 4. A misleading image created for movies by using makeup, special props, camera systems, computer graphics, and other methods
  • 6. Artists who draw or use computers to create animations
  • 8. The action in a single place and time in a film or play

Word Bank

animators
frames
industry
innovations
scene
storyboard
zoetrope
opticalillusion
specialeffects
stopmotion