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






2. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. A sound that is tied to the Timeline. No matter its length - a streaming sound stops at the end of the movie. Can start palying as they download.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






21. 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.






22. Fantasmagorie






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






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






25. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






27. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






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






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






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






31. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






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






44. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






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






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