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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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1. 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






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






3. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.






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






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






6. Created rotoscoping - The Tantalizing Fly (Koko the Clown) - Dizzy Dishes - Minnie the Moocher(Betty Boop) - Popeye (Popeye Meets Sinbad) - Superman series - Gulliver's Travels (first animated feature not from Disney)






7. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






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






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






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






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






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






13. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






14. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.






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






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






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






18. A feature that enables you to view the contents of multiple frames onscreen at the same time.






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






20. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






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






25. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.






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






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






28. Terminator 2






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






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






31. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






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






36. Brings graphics into the library






37. 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.






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






39. King Kong


40. 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.






41. Fantasmagorie






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






43. 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.






44. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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