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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






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






3. 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






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






5. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. King Kong

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






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






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






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






26. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






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






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






44. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






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






46. Fantasmagorie






47. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






49. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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