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






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






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






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






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






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






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. An animation process that does not redraw entire frames of animation but instead variably reuses common parts between frames. This was a quick and cheap way to produce animations for Saturday morning cartoons.






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






10. Scenery hung at back of stage






11. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






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






13. 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.






14. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






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






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






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






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






25. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera






26. 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.






27. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






31. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






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






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






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






35. A sound that is tied to the Timeline. No matter its length - a streaming sound stops at the end of the movie. Can start palying as they download.






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






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






38. To bring information into a computer or computer program






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. King Kong


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






47. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






49. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






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