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Animation Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps
Instance
Import to stage
Button symbol
Bray Studios
2. Is a type of animation made by drawing pictures on to a clear plastic sheet one by one.
Max and Dave Fleischer
UPA
Tween(ing)
Cel
3. Checks for any errors in the syntax of the coding.
Check syntax
Decrement Action
Timeline
Tween(ing)
4. An ActionScript operator - indicated by two minus signs - that subtracts 1 unit from a variable or expression.
Decrement Action
Winsor McCay
Timeline
Import to library
5. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.
Audience
Thaumatrope
Exaggeration
Cel
6. Simple animation that starts in frame 1 and loops until the rest of the movie has been downloaded.
Pre-loader
Onion Skin
Anticipation
Conditional Actions
7. Brings graphics directly onto the stage
Zoopraxiscope
Parent-child relationship
Import to stage
Multiplane Camera
8. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)
Winsor McCay
Credits
Import to library
24 frames
9. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)
Thaumatrope
Nesting
Claymation
Peter Jackson
10. 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.
Peg Bar
Limited Animation
Exaggeration
Schlesinger Studios
11. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.
Thaumatrope
Anti-aliasing
Winsor McCay
Zoetrope
12. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.
Squash and Stretch
Ease In and Ease out
Pre-loader
Onion Skin
13. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie
Chuck Jones
Props
Flash Lite
Claymation
14. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.
Otto Messmer
Edit
Property
Methods
15. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.
Animated graphic symbol
Storyboard
Stop-Motion
Nesting
16. 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
Phenakistoscope
Animated graphic symbol
Library panel
Bray Studios
17. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.
Emile Reynaud
Classes
HTML alignment
Exaggeration
18. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud
Check syntax
Trace
Property
Praxinoscope
19. Including another symbol within a symbol - such as nesting a graphic symbol - button or another movie clip symbol within a movie clip symbol.
Import to stage
Theatre Optique
Nesting
Willis O'Brien
20. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.
UPA
Storyboard
Magic Lantern
Expressions
21. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.
Device Central
Nesting
Loader Component
Anti-aliasing
22. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera
Tween(ing)
Button symbol
Tripod
Pre-loader
23. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.
Device Central
Variable
Multiplane Camera
Methods
24. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.
Loop
Classes
Break apart
Data type
25. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud
Import to library
Flipbook
Praxinoscope
Edit
26. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of clay characters - moving the characters slightly between each shot.
Property
Peter Jackson
Audience
Claymation
27. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.
Crossbar
24 frames
Anti-aliasing
Event Listener
28. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files
Loader Component
Rotoscoping
UPA
Trace
29. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.
Frame
Object
AddChild
Cue points
30. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.
Keyframe
Ease In and Ease out
Timing
Edit
31. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.
Aardman Studios
Bandwidth Profiler
Crossbar
Check syntax
32. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.
Schlesinger Studios
Check syntax
Storyboard
Keyframe
33. 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.
Stream sound
Classes
Methods
Property
34. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine
Zoetrope
Cue points
Tex Avery
Object
35. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story
Onion Skin
Pixar
Object
Zoetrope
36. King Kong
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37. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide
Instance
Otto Messmer
Increment Action
Tim Burton
38. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.
Peter Jackson
Chuck Jones
Crossbar
Loop
39. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
Multiplane Camera
Cue points
Credits
Praxinoscope
40. Scenery hung at back of stage
Background
Winsor McCay
Chuck Jones
James Cameron
41. 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.
Break apart
Emile Cohl
HTML alignment
Title
42. 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.
Object
Actions panel
Bandwidth Profiler
Zoetrope
43. An ActionScript operator - indicated by two minus signs - that subtracts 1 unit from a variable or expression.
Audience
Emile Cohl
Decrement Action
Library panel
44. The process of changing one data type to another.
Decrement Action
Casting
Instance
Check syntax
45. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.
Emile Reynaud
Emile Cohl
Variable
Loop
46. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.
Chuck Jones
Stop-Motion
Magic Lantern
AddChild
47. Something that should cause people to want to watch the movie
Decrement Action
Appeal
Cue points
Event Listener
48. The panel where you create and edit Action Scrip code for an object or a frame.
Appeal
Cue points
Actions panel
Limited Animation
49. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.
Scene
Tim Burton
Conditional Actions
Animation
50. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.
Scene
Cel
Tripod
Variable