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






2. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.






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






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






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






6. Terminator 2






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






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






9. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






13. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






18. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






23. King Kong

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






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






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.






27. 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.






28. 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)






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






30. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






31. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






32. A text box created on the Stage with the Text tool that displays information derived from variables.






33. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






38. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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