Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 294 · 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.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
2. 2.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
3. 3.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) take one photo (b) fix the camera in place (c) build the set and models (d) play the photos fast
4. 4.🧸 You took 50 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
5. 5.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) take one photo (b) play the photos fast (c) repeat photo and move (d) fix the camera in place
7. 7.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 20 photos take?
8. 8.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) move the model a little (b) fix the camera in place
9. 9.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
11. 11.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
12. 12.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 16 photos take?
13. 13.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
14. 14.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “bump the table often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧸 You took 108 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
19. 19.🧸 A clay car must move 7 cm in 7 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
20. 20.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) it stops the camera (b) the light keeps changing (c) windows are noisy (d) it turns photos round
21. 21.🧸 A clay car must move 50 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
22. 22.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
23. 23.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
24. 24.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
25. 25.🧸 You took 60 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
26. 26.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) play the photos fast (b) build the set and models (c) fix the camera in place (d) move the model a little
27. 27.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
28. 28.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
29. 29.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) slower and smoother (b) shorter (c) louder (d) faster and jumpier
30. 30.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 8 photos take?
31. 31.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
32. 32.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) one long video (b) drawing on glass (c) speeding up a song (d) photos of small moves
34. 34.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
35. 35.🧸 You took 110 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
36. 36.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 10 seconds?
37. 37.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 51 photos take?
38. 38.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “take one photo”? (a) take one photo (b) move the model a little
40. 40.🧸 A clay car must move 4 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?

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