Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 459 · 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: “use steady lamp light” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
3. 3.🧸 A clay car must move 27 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
4. 4.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 15 seconds?
5. 5.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
6. 6.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) play the photos fast (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) fix the camera in place
7. 7.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) it stops the camera (b) it turns photos round (c) windows are noisy (d) the light keeps changing
8. 8.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “take one photo”? (a) take one photo (b) fix the camera in place
9. 9.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo (c) repeat photo and move (d) play the photos fast
10. 10.🧸 A clay car must move 20 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “bump the table often”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
12. 12.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
13. 13.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 42 photos take?
15. 15.🧸 A clay car must move 48 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
16. 16.🔢 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
17. 17.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) to make it louder (b) so photos are blurry (c) to save battery (d) so the set does not jump
18. 18.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place
19. 19.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
20. 20.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) faster and jumpier (b) shorter (c) louder (d) slower and smoother
21. 21.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) drawing on glass (b) photos of small moves (c) speeding up a song (d) one long video
22. 22.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 8 seconds?
23. 23.🧸 A clay car must move 33 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
24. 24.🧸 A clay car must move 36 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
25. 25.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move (c) take one photo (d) move the model a little
26. 26.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
27. 27.🧸 You took 270 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
28. 28.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
29. 29.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “build the set and models”? (a) build the set and models (b) fix the camera in place
30. 30.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
32. 32.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 11 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 5 seconds?
35. 35.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
36. 36.🧸 You took 30 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
37. 37.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) soap bubbles (b) modelling clay (c) ice cream (d) smoke
39. 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
40. 40.🧸 You took 60 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?

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