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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






2. A spinning disc mounted vertically on a handle. Around the center of the disc a series of pictures was drawn corresponding to frames of the animation; around its circumference was a series of radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look throug






3. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






4. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






5. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






6. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






7. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






8. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






9. The ability of the human eye to keep an image in view for a split second after the image has been removed from sight.






10. An image calculated and stored according to mathematical formulas rather than pixels - resulting in a smaller file size and the ability to resize the image without a loss in quality.






11. Is mounted above a series of cells - each containing separate elements of the scene.. Because the cells are mounted at varying distances from the camera - if it pans or moves toward them - an effect of motion perspective is created. This was invented






12. The ability of the human eye to keep an image in view for a split second after the image has been removed from sight.






13. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






14. NFB - Boogie Doodle - Begone Dull Care - Binkity Blank -






15. An ActionScript operator - indicated by two minus signs - that subtracts 1 unit from a variable or expression.






16. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files






17. 1 second (default)






18. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






19. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






20. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






21. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.






22. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






23. Including another symbol within a symbol - such as nesting a graphic symbol - button or another movie clip symbol within a movie clip symbol.






24. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






25. Is a type of stop-motion animation that photographs people to give the illusion of seemingly impossible actions.






26. Flattens out and elongate slightly






27. Items - such as drawings and text - that are placed on the Stage and can be edited and manipulated. In ActionScript 3.0 - an instance of a class that inherits the attributes and functionality of a class.






28. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






29. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.






30. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






31. It occurs after an action - and is the direct physical result of it






32. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






33. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of clay characters - moving the characters slightly between each shot.






34. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






35. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






36. To bring information into a computer or computer program






37. Projection device consisting of a light source and a magnifying lens. Used with still transparencies.






38. The panel where you create and edit Action Scrip code for an object or a frame.






39. Items - such as drawings and text - that are placed on the Stage and can be edited and manipulated. In ActionScript 3.0 - an instance of a class that inherits the attributes and functionality of a class.






40. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






41. Looney Tunes (Hugh Harman - Rudy Ising - Fritz Freling) - Sinkin in the Bathtub (Bosko) It is now known as Warner Brothers.






42. In ActionScript - a sequence of characters including letters - numbers - and punctuation.






43. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.






44. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






45. It is the most crucial elements physical and theatrical. actual motions required to perform an action - refers to the pauses and the emphases added to make it dramatic






46. Pre-developed movie clips that can quickly add functionality to a movie by dragging and dropping them from the Components panel to the stage. Commonly used for creating forms with boxes for entering user data.






47. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Emile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.






48. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera






49. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






50. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.