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Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 452 · 40 questions
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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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
  2. 2.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
  3. 3.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move (c) play the photos fast (d) take one photo
  4. 4.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 30 photos take?
  5. 5.True or false: “make big jumps each move” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “build the set and models”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) play the photos fast (c) take one photo (d) repeat photo and move
  8. 8.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 26 photos take?
  9. 9.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
  10. 10.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) modelling clay (c) soap bubbles (d) smoke
  11. 11.🧸 A clay car must move 20 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
  12. 12.🧸 You took 300 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
  13. 13.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place (c) move the model a little (d) build the set and models
  14. 14.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧸 A clay car must move 10 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
  16. 16.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “build the set and models”? (a) take one photo (b) build the set and models
  17. 17.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) the light keeps changing (b) it turns photos round (c) windows are noisy (d) it stops the camera
  18. 18.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
  19. 19.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 4 photos take?
  20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
  21. 21.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) take one photo (d) play the photos fast
  22. 22.🧸 A clay car must move 3 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
  23. 23.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) build the set and models (b) take one photo (c) play the photos fast (d) repeat photo and move
  24. 24.🧸 You took 180 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
  25. 25.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “bump the table often”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
  26. 26.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 10 seconds?
  27. 27.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 18 photos take?
  28. 28.🔢 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
  29. 29.🧸 You took 20 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
  30. 30.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 12 photos take?
  32. 32.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) so the set does not jump (b) so photos are blurry (c) to make it louder (d) to save battery
  33. 33.🧸 A clay car must move 16 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
  34. 34.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 66 photos take?
  35. 35.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
  36. 36.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) take one photo
  37. 37.🧸 You took 120 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
  38. 38.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 33 photos take?
  39. 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
  40. 40.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?

Answer key

  1. poor tip
  2. poor tip
  3. take one photo
  4. 5
  5. True
  6. False
  7. fix the camera in place
  8. 13
  9. poor tip
  10. modelling clay
  11. 4
  12. 20
  13. move the model a little
  14. False
  15. 1
  16. build the set and models
  17. the light keeps changing
  18. good tip
  19. 2
  20. good tip
  21. play the photos fast
  22. 1
  23. play the photos fast
  24. 15
  25. poor tip
  26. 120
  27. 3
  28. repeat photo and move
  29. 2
  30. True
  31. 2
  32. so the set does not jump
  33. 4
  34. 11
  35. good tip
  36. build the set and models
  37. 12
  38. 11
  39. 70
  40. 135

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