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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






5. NFB - Boogie Doodle - Begone Dull Care - Binkity Blank -






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






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






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






9. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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






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






12. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.






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






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






21. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






22. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






23. Pre-developed movie clips that can quickly add functionality to a movie by dragging and dropping them from the Components panel to the stage. Commonly used for creating forms with boxes for entering user data.






24. Graphic based on pixels






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






27. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






29. Terminator 2






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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