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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. Terminator 2






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 1 second (default)






14. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






15. 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.






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






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






18. Brings graphics into the library






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






20. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






22. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






26. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. It occurs after an action - and is the direct physical result of it






42. 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.






43. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






47. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






50. 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.