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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






2. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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)






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






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






13. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






14. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






15. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.






16. A type of data transmission - such as DSL and cable - in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit more information at the same time.






17. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






19. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.






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






21. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






45. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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