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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






2. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.






3. 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.






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






5. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts






6. In ActionScript - a variable type that contains a number with which you can use arithmetic operators - such as addition and subtraction.






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






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






9. Fantasmagorie






10. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.






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






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






13. 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






14. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.






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






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






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






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






25. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






26. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.






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






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






29. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






31. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






33. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. In ActionScript 3.0 the functionality of an object - that is - what it can do.






41. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






42. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






43. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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






45. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






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






47. 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






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






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






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