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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






2. The process of changing one data type to another.






3. 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






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






5. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






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






7. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






8. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






9. 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






10. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






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






12. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






13. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






14. The name of a work of art or movie etc.






15. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






16. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






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






18. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






19. Alignment for hand drawings. Standard for holes to line up drawings for an animation. It was invented by Raoul Barre in 1915.






20. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.






21. Terminator 2






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






23. The process of changing one data type to another.






24. 1 second (default)






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






26. Editable copies of symbols that are placed on the Stage.






27. 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






28. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






29. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






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






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






32. 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






33. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






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






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






36. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.






37. The name of a work of art or movie etc.






38. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






39. A sound that plays independently of the Timeline. The sound starts in the keyframe to which it is added - but it can continue playing even after a movie ends. Must download completely before it begins playing.






40. An animation process that does not redraw entire frames of animation but instead variably reuses common parts between frames. This was a quick and cheap way to produce animations for Saturday morning cartoons.






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






42. One of a series of still photographs on a strip of film used in making movies or animations






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






44. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the Library panel. It has it own Timeline - independent of the main Timeline.






45. 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.






46. Fantasmagorie






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






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






49. 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.






50. Graphic based on pixels