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






2. Pre-developed movie clips that can quickly add functionality to a movie by dragging and dropping them from the Components panel to the stage. Commonly used for creating forms with boxes for entering user data.






3. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






14. Terminator 2






15. 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)






16. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






22. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. To bring information into a computer or computer program






29. An Action Scrip 3.0 statement that executes a block of code in response to the event.






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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