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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






12. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






13. 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.






14. 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






15. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.






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






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






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






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






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






21. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






25. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






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






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






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






29. Editable copies of symbols that are placed on the Stage.






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






31. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






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






33. 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)






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






35. Looney Tunes (Hugh Harman - Rudy Ising - Fritz Freling) - Sinkin in the Bathtub (Bosko) It is now known as Warner Brothers.






36. Editable copies of symbols that are placed on the Stage.






37. 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






38. Terminator 2






39. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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