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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. NFB - Boogie Doodle - Begone Dull Care - Binkity Blank -






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






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






4. 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)






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






13. King Kong

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






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






16. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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)






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Flattens out and elongate slightly






39. Fantasmagorie






40. Graphic based on pixels






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






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






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