Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 380 · 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.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) build the set and models (b) take one photo (c) play the photos fast (d) fix the camera in place
3. 3.🧸 You took 105 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
4. 4.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
5. 5.🧸 You took 120 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
6. 6.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 6 photos take?
7. 7.🧸 A clay car must move 25 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
8. 8.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 120 photos take?
9. 9.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 48 photos take?
11. 11.True or false: “bump the table often” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
13. 13.🧸 You took 190 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
14. 14.🔢 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
15. 15.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔢 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
17. 17.🔢 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
18. 18.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) photos of small moves (b) drawing on glass (c) one long video (d) speeding up a song
19. 19.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) move the model a little
20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
21. 21.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) play the photos fast (d) repeat photo and move
22. 22.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “take one photo”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo
24. 24.🔢 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
25. 25.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 4 seconds?
26. 26.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) take one photo (b) repeat photo and move (c) fix the camera in place (d) play the photos fast
27. 27.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 6 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
28. 28.🧸 You took 70 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
29. 29.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
30. 30.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
31. 31.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) modelling clay (b) ice cream (c) soap bubbles (d) smoke
32. 32.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) it turns photos round (b) it stops the camera (c) the light keeps changing (d) windows are noisy
33. 33.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧸 You took 130 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
35. 35.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) louder (b) faster and jumpier (c) shorter (d) slower and smoother
36. 36.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 64 photos take?
37. 37.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) fix the camera in place (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
38. 38.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
40. 40.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 51 photos take?

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