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Animation Basics

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






2. 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.






3. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






4. Scenery hung at back of stage






5. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






8. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






12. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






14. 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)






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






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






30. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






34. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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