Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 615 · 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.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
2. 2.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
3. 3.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 15 seconds?
4. 4.🧸 You took 160 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
5. 5.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) it turns photos round (b) windows are noisy (c) it stops the camera (d) the light keeps changing
6. 6.True or false: “bump the table often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) smoke (c) soap bubbles (d) modelling clay
9. 9.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
12. 12.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) move the model a little
13. 13.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
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, what comes right after “move the model a little”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) play the photos fast (c) repeat photo and move (d) take one photo
16. 16.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 36 photos take?
17. 17.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) louder (b) faster and jumpier (c) shorter (d) slower and smoother
18. 18.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
19. 19.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) photos of small moves (b) one long video (c) speeding up a song (d) drawing on glass
20. 20.🧸 A clay car must move 10 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
21. 21.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 96 photos take?
23. 23.🧸 You took 90 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
24. 24.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
25. 25.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) take one photo (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) fix the camera in place
26. 26.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
28. 28.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 8 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: “make big jumps each move” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 11 seconds?
31. 31.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) play the photos fast
32. 32.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move (c) fix the camera in place (d) take one photo
33. 33.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
34. 34.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 66 photos take?
35. 35.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 5 seconds?
36. 36.🧸 A clay car must move 9 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
37. 37.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
38. 38.🧸 A clay car must move 8 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
39. 39.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “bump the table often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
40. 40.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) to save battery (b) to make it louder (c) so photos are blurry (d) so the set does not jump

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