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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






2. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






4. Brings graphics into the library






5. 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)






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






7. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. King Kong

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18. Terminator 2






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






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






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






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






23. 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)






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






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






26. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Brings graphics into the library






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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