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Animation Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones
Hanna -Barbera
Title
Pixilation
J. Stuart Blackton
2. 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
Crossbar
Expressions
Magic Lantern
Zoopraxiscope
3. In ActionScript 3.0 the functionality of an object - that is - what it can do.
Emile Reynaud
Code snippets
Methods
Credits
4. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.
Event Listener
Tim Burton
Thaumatrope
Trace
5. The ability of the human eye to keep an image in view for a split second after the image has been removed from sight.
Winsor McCay
Data type
Components
Persistance of Vision
6. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)
Ray Harryhausen
Winsor McCay
Claymation
String variable
7. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.
Magic Lantern
Willis O'Brien
Device Central
Flipbook
8. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (the first cartoon using chalk drawing and cut-outs)
Scene
24 frames
Flash Lite
J. Stuart Blackton
9. Brings graphics directly onto the stage
Import to stage
Title
Tween(ing)
Code snippets
10. Scenery hung at back of stage
Thaumatrope
Onion Skin
Keyframe
Background
11. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)
Limited Animation
Peter Jackson
Anti-aliasing
Onion Skin
12. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.
Multiplane Camera
Cel
Flash Lite
Button symbol
13. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.
James Cameron
Timeline
Property
Variable
14. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.
Winsor McCay
Conditional Actions
Dynamic text field
Exaggeration
15. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files
Thaumatrope
Library panel
Phenakistoscope
Loader Component
16. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts
Ray Harryhausen
Theatre Optique
Background
Willis O'Brien
17. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.
Pixilation
Animated graphic symbol
Increment Action
AddChild
18. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame
Instance
Flash Lite
Ease In and Ease out
Rotoscoping
19. 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
Timing
Limited Animation
Object
Crossbar
20. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.
Property
Instance
Animation
Theatre Optique
21. The name of a work of art or movie etc.
Emile Cohl
Title
Script
Movie clip symbol
22. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.
Winsor McCay
Animation
DSL
Emile Cohl
23. Alignment for hand drawings. Standard for holes to line up drawings for an animation. It was invented by Raoul Barre in 1915.
Peg Bar
Chuck Jones
Storyboard
Magic Lantern
24. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.
Claymation
Components
Cue points
Timing
25. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.
Magic Lantern
Code snippets
Increment Action
Property
26. 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.
Broadband
Anticipation
Praxinoscope
Storyboard
27. Is a type of stop-motion animation that photographs people to give the illusion of seemingly impossible actions.
Pixilation
24 frames
Zoopraxiscope
Movie clip symbol
28. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.
Dynamic text field
Classes
Peter Jackson
Timing
29. In ActionScript - a sequence of characters including letters - numbers - and punctuation.
James Cameron
Keyframe
String variable
Multiplane Camera
30. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera
Praxinoscope
Tripod
Thaumatrope
Multiplane Camera
31. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.
Phenakistoscope
AddChild
Methods
Increment Action
32. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.
Ray Harryhausen
Props
Classes
Aardman Studios
33. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.
Norman Mclaren
Graphic Symbols
Import to stage
Hanna -Barbera
34. A text box created on the Stage with the Text tool that displays information derived from variables.
Function
Peg Bar
Dynamic text field
Bray Studios
35. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
Credits
Exaggeration
Peter Jackson
Squash and Stretch
36. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.
Aardman Studios
Movie clip symbol
Instance
Storyboard
37. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.
Squash and Stretch
AddChild
Rotoscoping
Tim Burton
38. 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.
Vector graphic
AddChild
Keyframe
Peter Jackson
39. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine
Zoetrope
Import to stage
Instance
Edit
40. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood
Import to stage
Broadband
Tex Avery
24 frames
41. 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.
Graphic Symbols
Ray Harryhausen
Title
Object
42. To bring information into a computer or computer program
Import
Exaggeration
Expressions
Classes
43. Terminator 2
James Cameron
String variable
Stop-Motion
Hanna -Barbera
44. An ActionScript operator - indicated by two minus signs - that subtracts 1 unit from a variable or expression.
Decrement Action
Check syntax
Title
Animation
45. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.
Cue points
Crossbar
Phenakistoscope
Conditional Actions
46. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.
Frame
Publish
Appeal
Multiplane Camera
47. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton
Library panel
24 frames
Tex Avery
48. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story
String variable
Emile Cohl
Pixar
Tex Avery
49. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Emile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.
Theatre Optique
Components
Conditional Actions
AddChild
50. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.
Device Central
Persistance of Vision
Dynamic text field
Schlesinger Studios