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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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






22. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






24. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






35. King Kong

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36. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






38. 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






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






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






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






43. To bring information into a computer or computer program






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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