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






2. 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)






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






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






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






6. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. The ability of the human eye to keep an image in view for a split second after the image has been removed from sight.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Scenery hung at back of stage






21. Terminator 2






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






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






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






25. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






26. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






28. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






39. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






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






45. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






46. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






48. 1 second (default)






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






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