Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 354 · 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.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) modelling clay (c) soap bubbles (d) smoke
2. 2.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) it turns photos round (b) the light keeps changing (c) it stops the camera (d) windows are noisy
3. 3.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place (c) move the model a little (d) repeat photo and move
4. 4.True or false: “bump the table often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 12 photos take?
6. 6.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
7. 7.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
8. 8.🧸 A clay car must move 55 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
9. 9.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 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
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
12. 12.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
15. 15.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
16. 16.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
17. 17.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) move the model a little
18. 18.🧸 You took 30 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
20. 20.🧸 You took 60 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
21. 21.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 108 photos take?
22. 22.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) move the model a little (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) fix the camera in place
23. 23.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
24. 24.True or false: “tape the set down” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 15 seconds?
27. 27.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) repeat photo and move (c) play the photos fast (d) move the model a little
28. 28.🧸 A clay car must move 6 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
29. 29.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧸 You took 160 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
31. 31.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) one long video (b) drawing on glass (c) photos of small moves (d) speeding up a song
32. 32.🧸 A clay car must move 40 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
33. 33.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) take one photo (b) repeat photo and move
34. 34.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 76 photos take?
35. 35.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 5 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 120 photos take?
38. 38.🧸 You took 72 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
39. 39.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) faster and jumpier (b) louder (c) slower and smoother (d) shorter

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