Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 555 · 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: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
5. 5.🧸 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
6. 6.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧸 You took 228 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
8. 8.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) photos of small moves (b) speeding up a song (c) drawing on glass (d) one long video
9. 9.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧸 You took 204 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
11. 11.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place (c) build the set and models (d) move the model a little
12. 12.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) take one photo (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) move the model a little
14. 14.🧸 A clay car must move 6 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
15. 15.True or false: “tape the set down” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧸 You took 210 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
17. 17.🧸 A clay car must move 5 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
18. 18.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 5 seconds?
19. 19.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 28 photos take?
22. 22.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) smoke (b) modelling clay (c) ice cream (d) soap bubbles
23. 23.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
24. 24.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) take one photo (b) build the set and models (c) play the photos fast (d) move the model a little
25. 25.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
26. 26.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) so the set does not jump (b) to save battery (c) so photos are blurry (d) to make it louder
27. 27.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use a stand or tripod”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
28. 28.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
29. 29.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) repeat photo and move
30. 30.🔢 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
31. 31.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 54 photos take?
33. 33.True or false: “move the camera often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
35. 35.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
36. 36.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 10 photos take?
37. 37.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
39. 39.🧸 You took 108 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
40. 40.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “move the model a little”? (a) move the model a little (b) fix the camera in place

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