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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A text box created on the Stage with the Text tool that displays information derived from variables.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Flattens out and elongate slightly






23. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






25. 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.






26. King Kong

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27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






32. The process of breaking apart text to place each character in a separate text block. The process of separating groups - instances - and bitmaps into ungrouped - of editable elements.






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






34. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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