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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.






2. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






5. 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






6. King Kong

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






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






9. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






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






12. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






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






14. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






15. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






27. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






28. 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






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






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






31. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. To bring information into a computer or computer program






39. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 1 second (default)






49. 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.






50. 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