Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 579 · 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: “move in tiny steps” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧸 A clay car must move 6 cm in 6 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
4. 4.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) smoke (b) ice cream (c) modelling clay (d) soap bubbles
5. 5.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
6. 6.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 48 photos take?
7. 7.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) move the model a little (b) repeat photo and move
9. 9.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
10. 10.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) take one photo (c) build the set and models (d) move the model a little
11. 11.True or false: “tape the set down” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “build the set and models”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
13. 13.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “build the set and models”? (a) build the set and models (b) move the model a little
14. 14.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 4 seconds?
15. 15.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
16. 16.🔢 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) repeat photo and move (d) move the model a little
17. 17.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) build the set and models (b) play the photos fast (c) fix the camera in place (d) repeat photo and move
18. 18.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 76 photos take?
19. 19.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
20. 20.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 30 photos take?
21. 21.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 21 photos take?
23. 23.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
24. 24.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
26. 26.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) the light keeps changing (b) windows are noisy (c) it stops the camera (d) it turns photos round
27. 27.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) speeding up a song (b) drawing on glass (c) photos of small moves (d) one long video
28. 28.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) shorter (b) faster and jumpier (c) louder (d) slower and smoother
29. 29.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
30. 30.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 42 photos take?
31. 31.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
32. 32.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “build the set and models” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move
33. 33.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 108 photos take?
34. 34.🧸 You took 225 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
35. 35.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
36. 36.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 4 photos take?
37. 37.🧸 You took 204 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
38. 38.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) take one photo
40. 40.True or false: “move the camera often” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True

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