Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 689 · 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: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
3. 3.🧸 You took 240 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
4. 4.🧸 A clay car must move 15 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
5. 5.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “bump the table often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
6. 6.🧸 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
7. 7.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 15 seconds?
8. 8.🧸 A clay car must move 27 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
9. 9.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
10. 10.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 52 photos take?
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
12. 12.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
13. 13.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) slower and smoother (b) faster and jumpier (c) louder (d) shorter
14. 14.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 24 photos take?
15. 15.🧸 A clay car must move 40 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
16. 16.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧸 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
18. 18.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
20. 20.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 14 seconds?
21. 21.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) soap bubbles (c) smoke (d) modelling clay
22. 22.True or false: “make big jumps each move” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
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.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “fix the camera in place”? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place
25. 25.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) play the photos fast (b) take one photo (c) move the model a little (d) build the set and models
26. 26.🧸 You took 110 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
27. 27.🧸 You took 45 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
28. 28.🔢 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
29. 29.🔢 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
30. 30.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) drawing on glass (b) speeding up a song (c) one long video (d) photos of small moves
31. 31.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 4 seconds?
32. 32.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 27 photos take?
33. 33.🧸 A clay car must move 36 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
34. 34.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 10 seconds?
35. 35.🧸 You took 36 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 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 28 photos take?
37. 37.🧸 You took 270 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
38. 38.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
39. 39.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
40. 40.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “take one photo”? (a) move the model a little (b) take one photo

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