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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. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






2. 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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. 1 second (default)






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






9. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the Library panel. It has it own Timeline - independent of the main Timeline.






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






11. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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)






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






23. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






36. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.






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






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






39. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






41. 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.






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






43. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






44. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






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






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






47. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






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






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






50. Brings graphics directly onto the stage