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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.






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






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






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






5. 1 second (default)






6. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Scenery hung at back of stage






15. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






35. Something that should cause people to want to watch the movie






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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)






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






42. To bring information into a computer or computer program






43. 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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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