Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 327 · 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.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) so photos are blurry (b) to make it louder (c) so the set does not jump (d) to save battery
2. 2.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 12 seconds?
4. 4.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
5. 5.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 38 photos take?
6. 6.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
7. 7.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) it turns photos round (c) the light keeps changing (d) it stops the camera
8. 8.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
9. 9.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
10. 10.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧸 You took 84 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
12. 12.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “move the model a little”? (a) take one photo (b) move the model a little
13. 13.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) build the set and models (b) take one photo (c) repeat photo and move (d) fix the camera in place
14. 14.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
15. 15.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) faster and jumpier (b) louder (c) shorter (d) slower and smoother
16. 16.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use a stand or tripod”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
17. 17.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 12 seconds?
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
20. 20.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 10 seconds?
21. 21.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
22. 22.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 8 seconds?
23. 23.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast
24. 24.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) take one photo (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
26. 26.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
27. 27.🧸 A clay car must move 5 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
28. 28.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) play the photos fast (b) repeat photo and move (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
29. 29.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo (c) build the set and models (d) play the photos fast
30. 30.True or false: “move the camera often” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
32. 32.🧸 A clay car must move 33 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
33. 33.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “build the set and models”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo (c) repeat photo and move (d) move the model a little
34. 34.🧸 You took 50 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
35. 35.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
36. 36.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 4 seconds?
37. 37.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) build the set and models (b) move the model a little (c) repeat photo and move (d) play the photos fast
38. 38.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “take one photo”? (a) take one photo (b) repeat photo and move
39. 39.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “bump the table often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
40. 40.🧸 A clay car must move 36 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?

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