Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 934 · 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.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
2. 2.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 15 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 16 photos take?
4. 4.🧸 In stop-motion, how is movement made? (a) drawing on glass (b) one long video (c) photos of small moves (d) speeding up a song
5. 5.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use steady lamp light”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
6. 6.True or false: “use steady lamp light” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep hands out of shots”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
8. 8.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) ice cream (b) smoke (c) soap bubbles (d) modelling clay
10. 10.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) move the model a little (b) build the set and models (c) fix the camera in place (d) play the photos fast
11. 11.🧸 A clay car must move 8 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
12. 12.True or false: “bump the table often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧸 You took 140 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
14. 14.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
15. 15.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “keep the camera still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
16. 16.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) windows are noisy (b) it stops the camera (c) it turns photos round (d) the light keeps changing
17. 17.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) take one photo (b) move the model a little (c) fix the camera in place (d) build the set and models
18. 18.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 9 seconds?
19. 19.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
20. 20.True or false: “switch lamps mid-scene” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧸 You took 100 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
22. 22.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “repeat photo and move”? (a) take one photo (b) repeat photo and move
23. 23.🧸 A clay car must move 20 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
24. 24.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 30 photos take?
25. 25.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 19 seconds?
26. 26.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, what comes right after “fix the camera in place”? (a) repeat photo and move (b) play the photos fast (c) build the set and models (d) take one photo
27. 27.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 5 seconds?
28. 28.🧸 You took 190 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
29. 29.🧸 You took 180 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
30. 30.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) louder (b) slower and smoother (c) shorter (d) faster and jumpier
31. 31.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 12 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
33. 33.🧸 A clay car must move 5 cm in 5 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
34. 34.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
35. 35.🧸 You took 180 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
36. 36.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 18 photos take?
38. 38.🧸 A clay car must move 24 cm in 12 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
39. 39.🧸 You took 90 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
40. 40.🔢 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

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