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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. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






6. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






8. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






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






13. Fantasmagorie






14. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. A sound that plays independently of the Timeline. The sound starts in the keyframe to which it is added - but it can continue playing even after a movie ends. Must download completely before it begins playing.






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






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






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






31. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Something that should cause people to want to watch the movie






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






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






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






43. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






44. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






45. 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.






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






47. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






48. Brings graphics into the library






49. 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






50. Graphic based on pixels