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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






2. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






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






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






5. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.






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






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






8. 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)






9. Flattens out and elongate slightly






10. King Kong

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11. 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.






12. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Emile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.






13. Brings graphics into the library






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






15. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






16. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






17. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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)






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. In ActionScript 3.0 the functionality of an object - that is - what it can do.






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






47. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






50. Including another symbol within a symbol - such as nesting a graphic symbol - button or another movie clip symbol within a movie clip symbol.