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






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






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






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






5. A sound that is tied to the Timeline. No matter its length - a streaming sound stops at the end of the movie. Can start palying as they download.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






16. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






17. 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






18. 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






19. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






20. Simple animation that starts in frame 1 and loops until the rest of the movie has been downloaded.






21. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






24. King Kong


25. King Kong


26. Brings graphics into the library






27. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






28. 1 second (default)






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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)






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






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






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






45. Alignment for hand drawings. Standard for holes to line up drawings for an animation. It was invented by Raoul Barre in 1915.






46. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






47. 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






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






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






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