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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






12. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






16. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






20. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






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






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






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






42. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






44. Fantasmagorie






45. 1 second (default)






46. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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