Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 151 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Move, snap, repeat): Steps: build the set and models → fix the camera → take one photo → move the model a little → repeat → play the photos fast. Photos = seconds × photos per second; seconds = photos ÷ photos per second. Still camera, steady lamp light, tiny moves, hands out of shot.

1. 1.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 48 photos take?
3. 3.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 8 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) move the model a little
6. 6.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “bump the table often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
7. 7.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 6 seconds?
9. 9.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
10. 10.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “build the set and models”? (a) move the model a little (b) build the set and models
11. 11.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
12. 12.🧸 A clay car must move 8 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
13. 13.🧸 A clay car must move 30 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
14. 14.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
15. 15.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
16. 16.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 24 photos take?
17. 17.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) speeding up a song (b) drawing on glass (c) one long video (d) photos of small moves
18. 18.🧸 You took 150 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
19. 19.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) play the photos fast (b) repeat photo and move
20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
21. 21.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) louder (b) faster and jumpier (c) shorter (d) slower and smoother
22. 22.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) soap bubbles (b) smoke (c) ice cream (d) modelling clay
23. 23.🧸 A clay car must move 9 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
24. 24.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) build the set and models (b) play the photos fast (c) move the model a little (d) repeat photo and move
25. 25.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 102 photos take?
26. 26.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 36 photos take?
27. 27.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 6 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
28. 28.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
29. 29.🧸 You took 30 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
30. 30.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “move the model a little”? (a) move the model a little (b) take one photo
31. 31.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
32. 32.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) play the photos fast
33. 33.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
34. 34.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
35. 35.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) play the photos fast (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) fix the camera in place
36. 36.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 18 photos take?
37. 37.🧸 You took 156 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
38. 38.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) build the set and models (b) move the model a little (c) take one photo (d) play the photos fast
39. 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
40. 40.🧸 A clay car must move 60 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?

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