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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






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. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






5. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






7. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






8. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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






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






11. 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)






12. King Kong

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






14. 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






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






16. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






19. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






27. 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






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






29. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine






30. Brings graphics into the library






31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.






43. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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