Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 233 · 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: “tape the set down” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) it stops the camera (c) it turns photos round (d) the light keeps changing
3. 3.🧸 You took 70 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
4. 4.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “build the set and models”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast (c) take one photo (d) fix the camera in place
6. 6.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) move the model a little (b) play the photos fast (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
7. 7.🧸 You took 195 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
8. 8.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “build the set and models”? (a) build the set and models (b) move the model a little
10. 10.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 39 photos take?
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
12. 12.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
14. 14.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) speeding up a song (b) one long video (c) drawing on glass (d) photos of small moves
15. 15.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
16. 16.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) take one photo (b) play the photos fast (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
17. 17.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “take one photo”? (a) play the photos fast (b) take one photo
18. 18.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
19. 19.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
21. 21.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 120 photos take?
23. 23.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
25. 25.🧸 A clay car must move 3 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
26. 26.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) modelling clay (c) soap bubbles (d) smoke
27. 27.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “build the set and models” or “move the model a little”? (a) build the set and models (b) move the model a little
28. 28.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) repeat photo and move
29. 29.🧸 A clay car must move 15 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
30. 30.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 12 photos take?
33. 33.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 11 seconds?
34. 34.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo
35. 35.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
36. 36.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
37. 37.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
38. 38.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo (c) build the set and models (d) repeat photo and move
40. 40.🧸 A clay car must move 14 cm in 7 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?

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