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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






3. 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.






4. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






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






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






7. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






8. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






9. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






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






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






15. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.






16. 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)






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






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






19. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






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






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






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






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






38. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files






45. Is a type of animation made by drawing pictures on to a clear plastic sheet one by one.






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. Brings graphics into the library






48. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






50. 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.