Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 153 · 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: “keep hands out of shots” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧸 A clay car must move 22 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
3. 3.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
4. 4.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “play the photos fast”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast
5. 5.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) to make it louder (b) to save battery (c) so the set does not jump (d) so photos are blurry
6. 6.🧸 A clay car must move 20 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
7. 7.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
8. 8.🧸 A clay car must move 36 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
9. 9.🧸 You took 120 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
10. 10.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
11. 11.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “take one photo”? (a) take one photo (b) play the photos fast
12. 12.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
13. 13.🔢 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
14. 14.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
15. 15.🧸 You took 270 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
16. 16.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 4 seconds?
17. 17.🧸 A clay car must move 4 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
18. 18.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “play the photos fast”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) play the photos fast
19. 19.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 12 seconds?
20. 20.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
21. 21.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
23. 23.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) take one photo (b) repeat photo and move (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
24. 24.🧸 A clay car must move 14 cm in 7 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
25. 25.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 6 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
26. 26.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) shorter (b) louder (c) faster and jumpier (d) slower and smoother
28. 28.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use a stand or tripod”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
29. 29.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) modelling clay (b) soap bubbles (c) ice cream (d) smoke
31. 31.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) it turns photos round (c) it stops the camera (d) the light keeps changing
32. 32.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
34. 34.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
35. 35.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) take one photo (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) move the model a little
36. 36.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “build the set and models” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models
37. 37.🧸 You took 140 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
38. 38.🧸 You took 160 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
39. 39.🧸 You took 204 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
40. 40.🧸 You took 120 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?

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