Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 82 · 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: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧸 You took 30 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
3. 3.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
4. 4.🧸 A clay car must move 14 cm in 7 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
5. 5.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 24 photos take?
7. 7.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “build the set and models” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) build the set and models
8. 8.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
9. 9.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 32 photos take?
10. 10.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
12. 12.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
13. 13.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
14. 14.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) the light keeps changing (c) it stops the camera (d) it turns photos round
15. 15.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) play the photos fast (b) take one photo (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
16. 16.🧸 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
17. 17.🧸 A clay car must move 6 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
18. 18.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) soap bubbles (b) modelling clay (c) smoke (d) ice cream
19. 19.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) one long video (b) speeding up a song (c) drawing on glass (d) photos of small moves
20. 20.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
21. 21.🧸 A clay car must move 30 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
22. 22.True or false: “move the camera often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) shorter (b) faster and jumpier (c) slower and smoother (d) louder
24. 24.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 16 seconds?
25. 25.🧸 A clay car must move 10 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
26. 26.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 4 seconds?
27. 27.🧸 You took 180 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
28. 28.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) move the model a little (c) play the photos fast (d) take one photo
29. 29.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧸 You took 130 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
32. 32.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
33. 33.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “take one photo”? (a) play the photos fast (b) move the model a little (c) build the set and models (d) repeat photo and move
34. 34.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 51 photos take?
35. 35.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
36. 36.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 66 photos take?
37. 37.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
38. 38.🧸 You took 120 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
39. 39.🔢 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
40. 40.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?

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