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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.






2. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (the first cartoon using chalk drawing and cut-outs)






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






4. 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






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






6. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






7. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.






8. A type of data transmission - such as DSL and cable - in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit more information at the same time.






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






10. An Action Scrip 3.0 statement that executes a block of code in response to the event.






11. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






13. To bring information into a computer or computer program






14. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.






15. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






18. King Kong

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19. Terminator 2






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






21. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






22. 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.






23. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






24. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






25. Is a type of animation made by drawing pictures on to a clear plastic sheet one by one.






26. 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






27. To make changes by adding - deleting - or modifying text - graphics - or other items in a document






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






29. Flattens out and elongate slightly






30. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the library panel






31. Something that should cause people to want to watch the movie






32. 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






33. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






36. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






38. Scenery hung at back of stage






39. The process of breaking apart text to place each character in a separate text block. The process of separating groups - instances - and bitmaps into ungrouped - of editable elements.






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






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






42. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






43. Graphic based on pixels






44. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






45. A text box created on the Stage with the Text tool that displays information derived from variables.






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






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






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






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






50. To bring information into a computer or computer program