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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






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






3. Fantasmagorie






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






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






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






50. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide