Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 867 · 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.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 36 photos take?
2. 2.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
3. 3.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 19 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: “move the camera often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
6. 6.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
7. 7.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “move the model a little”? (a) take one photo (b) move the model a little
8. 8.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) smoke (b) modelling clay (c) soap bubbles (d) ice cream
9. 9.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
10. 10.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 2 seconds?
11. 11.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
12. 12.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) build the set and models (b) move the model a little (c) take one photo (d) play the photos fast
13. 13.🧸 You took 255 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
14. 14.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) repeat photo and move (b) take one photo (c) play the photos fast (d) build the set and models
15. 15.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “make big jumps each move” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
18. 18.🧸 A clay car must move 45 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “shoot by a sunny window”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
20. 20.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 24 photos take?
21. 21.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “build the set and models” or “take one photo”? (a) take one photo (b) build the set and models
22. 22.🧸 You took 165 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
23. 23.🧸 A clay car must move 27 cm in 9 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
24. 24.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “take one photo”? (a) fix the camera in place (b) take one photo
25. 25.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧸 You took 270 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
27. 27.🧸 A clay car must move 7 cm in 7 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
28. 28.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “play the photos fast” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast
29. 29.🔢 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
30. 30.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) take one photo (b) move the model a little (c) fix the camera in place (d) play the photos fast
32. 32.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) so photos are blurry (b) to save battery (c) so the set does not jump (d) to make it louder
33. 33.🔢 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
34. 34.🧸 You took 144 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
35. 35.🧸 A clay car must move 33 cm in 11 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
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 5 seconds?
38. 38.🧸 You took 45 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
39. 39.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) louder (b) slower and smoother (c) faster and jumpier (d) shorter
40. 40.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 15 seconds?

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