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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. Flattens out and elongate slightly






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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)






19. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






28. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






36. 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






37. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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