Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 876 · 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 poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) move the model a little (b) build the set and models (c) repeat photo and move (d) play the photos fast
3. 3.🧸 You took 135 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
4. 4.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) it turns photos round (c) it stops the camera (d) the light keeps changing
5. 5.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 21 photos take?
6. 6.🧸 You took 285 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
7. 7.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) take one photo (b) move the model a little (c) build the set and models (d) play the photos fast
8. 8.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) repeat photo and move
9. 9.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
10. 10.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
11. 11.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) fix the camera in place
12. 12.True or false: “keep the camera still” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧸 You took 108 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
14. 14.🔢 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) build the set and models (d) repeat photo and move
15. 15.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) build the set and models (b) take one photo (c) play the photos fast (d) move the model a little
16. 16.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “repeat photo and move”? (a) play the photos fast (b) take one photo (c) build the set and models (d) fix the camera in place
17. 17.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) to make it louder (b) so photos are blurry (c) to save battery (d) so the set does not jump
18. 18.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) move the model a little (b) repeat photo and move
19. 19.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
20. 20.🧸 You took 195 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
21. 21.True or false: “use a stand or tripod” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
23. 23.🧸 You took 170 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
24. 24.🧸 You took 60 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
25. 25.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 30 photos take?
26. 26.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 10 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 36 photos take?
28. 28.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “move the camera often” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) modelling clay (b) soap bubbles (c) smoke (d) ice cream
31. 31.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
32. 32.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 18 seconds?
33. 33.🧸 A clay car must move 12 cm in 3 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
34. 34.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “make big jumps each move”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
35. 35.🔢 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
36. 36.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) one long video (b) drawing on glass (c) speeding up a song (d) photos of small moves
37. 37.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 20 seconds?
38. 38.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) faster and jumpier (b) slower and smoother (c) louder (d) shorter
39. 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 10 seconds?
40. 40.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 19 seconds?

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