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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.






11. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






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






13. Graphic based on pixels






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






15. Terminator 2






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






17. The process of changing one data type to another.






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






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






20. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Items - such as drawings and text - that are placed on the Stage and can be edited and manipulated. In ActionScript 3.0 - an instance of a class that inherits the attributes and functionality of a class.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 1 second (default)






43. Terminator 2






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






45. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






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






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






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






49. The name of a work of art or movie etc.






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