Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 571 · 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 a stand or tripod” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) soap bubbles (b) modelling clay (c) ice cream (d) smoke
3. 3.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) take one photo (b) repeat photo and move (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
4. 4.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
5. 5.True or false: “move the camera often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
8. 8.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 6 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
9. 9.True or false: “tape the set down” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧸 A clay car must move 48 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
11. 11.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “build the set and models”? (a) build the set and models (b) take one photo
12. 12.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) move the model a little (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) repeat photo and move
13. 13.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
14. 14.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
17. 17.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 16 seconds?
18. 18.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) shorter (b) louder (c) slower and smoother (d) faster and jumpier
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
20. 20.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) build the set and models (b) play the photos fast (c) fix the camera in place (d) repeat photo and move
21. 21.🧸 You took 130 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
22. 22.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
23. 23.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
24. 24.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
26. 26.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) repeat photo and move (b) move the model a little (c) fix the camera in place (d) play the photos fast
27. 27.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 120 photos take?
28. 28.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 114 photos take?
29. 29.🧸 You took 170 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
30. 30.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) the light keeps changing (c) it turns photos round (d) it stops the camera
31. 31.🔢 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
32. 32.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
33. 33.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧸 You took 204 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
36. 36.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 24 photos take?
37. 37.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “play the photos fast”? (a) take one photo (b) play the photos fast
38. 38.🧸 A clay car must move 33 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
39. 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
40. 40.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 8 seconds?

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