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






2. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






22. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






23. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






24. Fantasmagorie






25. It occurs after an action - and is the direct physical result of it






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






27. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






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






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






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






32. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






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






40. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






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






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






43. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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