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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the Library panel. It has it own Timeline - independent of the main Timeline.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






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






10. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






13. A sound that is tied to the Timeline. No matter its length - a streaming sound stops at the end of the movie. Can start palying as they download.






14. The part of the animation program window that organizes and controls an animation's content over time using layers and frames.






15. 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.






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






17. Created by Eadweard Muybridge. May be considered the first movie projector. Projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion






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






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






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






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






22. Checks for any errors in the syntax of the coding.






23. Complex Bugs and Daffy work - created Pepe LePeu - Road Runner - Wile E. Coyote - What's Opera Doc?






24. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






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






29. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






30. Simple animation that starts in frame 1 and loops until the rest of the movie has been downloaded.






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






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






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






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






35. King Kong

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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






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






47. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






48. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






49. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine






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