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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts






2. 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)






3. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






5. 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.






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






7. To bring information into a computer or computer program






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






21. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.






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






23. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






27. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






28. 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)






29. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Projection device consisting of a light source and a magnifying lens. Used with still transparencies.






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






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






43. 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






44. Projection device consisting of a light source and a magnifying lens. Used with still transparencies.






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






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






47. Scenery hung at back of stage






48. Graphic based on pixels






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






50. Terminator 2