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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






5. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






8. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.






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






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






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






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






19. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






39. 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






40. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






43. King Kong

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






45. 1 second (default)






46. King Kong

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






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






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