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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. King Kong

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2. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






5. 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)






6. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






18. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






19. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






21. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of clay characters - moving the characters slightly between each shot.






22. A spinning disc mounted vertically on a handle. Around the center of the disc a series of pictures was drawn corresponding to frames of the animation; around its circumference was a series of radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look throug






23. Fantasmagorie






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






25. A feature that enables you to view the contents of multiple frames onscreen at the same time.






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






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






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






29. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






31. Fantasmagorie






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






37. 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.






38. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






39. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






41. Projection device consisting of a light source and a magnifying lens. Used with still transparencies.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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