Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 821 · 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 hands out of shots” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) take one photo (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) play the photos fast
3. 3.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) it stops the camera (b) it turns photos round (c) windows are noisy (d) the light keeps changing
4. 4.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) smoke (c) soap bubbles (d) modelling clay
5. 5.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
6. 6.🧸 A clay car must move 8 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
7. 7.True or false: “move the camera often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧸 A clay car must move 44 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
9. 9.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “build the set and models”? (a) build the set and models (b) fix the camera in place
10. 10.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 6 seconds?
11. 11.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧸 You took 180 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
14. 14.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 13 seconds?
15. 15.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) photos of small moves (b) speeding up a song (c) one long video (d) drawing on glass
16. 16.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 84 photos take?
17. 17.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) fix the camera in place (b) build the set and models (c) move the model a little (d) play the photos fast
18. 18.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
19. 19.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) move the model a little (b) take one photo (c) play the photos fast (d) build the set and models
20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
21. 21.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) take one photo (b) fix the camera in place (c) move the model a little (d) build the set and models
22. 22.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
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.🧸 You took 200 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
25. 25.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
26. 26.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
28. 28.🧸 A clay car must move 20 cm in 10 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
29. 29.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
30. 30.🧸 A clay car must move 21 cm in 7 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
31. 31.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
32. 32.🔢 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
33. 33.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
34. 34.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
35. 35.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧸 A clay car must move 40 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
37. 37.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “move the model a little”? (a) play the photos fast (b) move the model a little
38. 38.True or false: “move the camera often” 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) build the set and models (b) repeat photo and move (c) fix the camera in place (d) take one photo
40. 40.🔢 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

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