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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






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






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






4. 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.






5. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Items - such as drawings and text - that are placed on the Stage and can be edited and manipulated. In ActionScript 3.0 - an instance of a class that inherits the attributes and functionality of a class.






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






28. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






33. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






35. Terminator 2






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






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






38. Flattens out and elongate slightly






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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)






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






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






50. 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