Animation Worksheet: Stop Motion

Animation and design lesson 5: Stop-motion animation · Set 972 · 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: “move in tiny steps” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧸 Which of these is often used for stop-motion models? (a) soap bubbles (b) ice cream (c) smoke (d) modelling clay
3. 3.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “fix the camera in place” or “move the model a little”? (a) move the model a little (b) fix the camera in place
4. 4.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 39 photos take?
5. 5.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 45 photos take?
6. 6.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move in tiny steps”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
7. 7.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) fix the camera in place (b) move the model a little (c) build the set and models (d) play the photos fast
8. 8.🧸 You took 140 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
9. 9.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 20 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 12 photos take?
10. 10.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 17 seconds?
11. 11.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
12. 12.True or false: “tape the set down” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧸 You took 144 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
14. 14.🧸 Moving a model in very tiny steps makes the film … (a) slower and smoother (b) faster and jumpier (c) shorter (d) louder
15. 15.True or false: “bump the table often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “take one photo” or “play the photos fast”? (a) play the photos fast (b) take one photo
17. 17.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “leave a hand in shot”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
18. 18.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 3 seconds?
19. 19.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “repeat photo and move” or “move the model a little”? (a) move the model a little (b) repeat photo and move
20. 20.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “use a stand or tripod”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
21. 21.🧸 You took 120 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
22. 22.🧸 You took 210 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
23. 23.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) so photos are blurry (b) to make it louder (c) to save battery (d) so the set does not jump
24. 24.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 10 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 7 seconds?
25. 25.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “tape the set down”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
26. 26.True or false: “keep hands out of shots” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧸 You took 60 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
28. 28.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the LAST step? (a) play the photos fast (b) fix the camera in place (c) move the model a little (d) build the set and models
30. 30.🧸 You took 156 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 12 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
31. 31.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which comes first: “move the model a little” or “play the photos fast”? (a) move the model a little (b) play the photos fast
32. 32.🧸 A clay car must move 16 cm in 8 equal moves, one move for each photo. How many cm is each move?
33. 33.🧸 Each stop-motion photo takes 30 seconds to set up and shoot. How many minutes do 26 photos take?
34. 34.🔢 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
35. 35.🧸 You took 150 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 15 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
36. 36.🧸 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
37. 37.🧸 Why can light from a window spoil a stop-motion film? (a) the light keeps changing (b) it stops the camera (c) it turns photos round (d) windows are noisy
38. 38.🧸 You took 30 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
39. 39.🧸 You took 60 photos for a stop-motion film that plays at 10 photos per second. How many seconds long is it?
40. 40.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “move the camera often”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip

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