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Animation Basics

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






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






3. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






4. Complex Bugs and Daffy work - created Pepe LePeu - Road Runner - Wile E. Coyote - What's Opera Doc?






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






6. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Terminator 2






34. Brings graphics into the library






35. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






36. 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)






37. 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






38. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






42. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






44. Is a type of stop-motion animation that photographs people to give the illusion of seemingly impossible actions.






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






46. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






48. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






50. 1 second (default)






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