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Animation Basics

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






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






3. The panel where you create and edit Action Scrip code for an object or a frame.






4. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






9. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






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






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






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






13. Flattens out and elongate slightly






14. The part of the animation program window that organizes and controls an animation's content over time using layers and frames.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






30. 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






31. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






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






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






41. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






48. Graphic based on pixels






49. 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.






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