Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 539 · 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.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) shorter (b) louder (c) faster and jumpier (d) slower and smoother
2. 2.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
3. 3.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
4. 4.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
5. 5.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
6. 6.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “move the camera often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧸 You took 192 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
9. 9.True or false: “bump the table often” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) play the photos fast (b) repeat photo and move
11. 11.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 24 photos take?
12. 12.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) soap bubbles (b) modelling clay (c) ice cream (d) smoke
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.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
15. 15.🔢 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
16. 16.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) one long video (b) speeding up a song (c) drawing on glass (d) photos of small moves
17. 17.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) the light keeps changing (b) windows are noisy (c) it turns photos round (d) it stops the camera
18. 18.🧸 A clay car must move 25 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
21. 21.🧸 A clay car must move 20 cm in 4 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
22. 22.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
23. 23.🧸 You took 135 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
24. 24.🧸 You took 150 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
25. 25.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo (c) move the model a little (d) build the set and models
26. 26.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
27. 27.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
28. 28.🧸 You took 270 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
29. 29.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “take one photo”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) take one photo
30. 30.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 15 seconds?
31. 31.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move (c) take one photo (d) fix the camera in place
32. 32.True or false: “make big jumps each move” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 8 photos take?
34. 34.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
37. 37.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 19 seconds?
38. 38.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
39. 39.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) so photos are blurry (b) to make it louder (c) to save battery (d) so the set does not jump
40. 40.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 76 photos take?

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