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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. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






2. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






5. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.






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






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






8. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






9. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






27. 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.






28. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






29. A spinning disc mounted vertically on a handle. Around the center of the disc a series of pictures was drawn corresponding to frames of the animation; around its circumference was a series of radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look throug






30. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






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






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






40. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






43. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






46. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






47. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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