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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Graphic based on pixels






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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)






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






24. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






25. 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






26. Terminator 2






27. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






48. 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






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






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