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






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






3. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






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






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






6. King Kong

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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Graphic based on pixels






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






14. 1 second (default)






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






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






17. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






18. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






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






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






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






22. King Kong

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






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






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






26. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






27. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






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






30. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






33. 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.






34. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






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






36. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






37. NFB - Boogie Doodle - Begone Dull Care - Binkity Blank -






38. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






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






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






41. Terminator 2






42. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






44. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






46. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






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






48. Is a type of stop-motion animation that photographs people to give the illusion of seemingly impossible actions.






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






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