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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera






19. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






20. Graphic based on pixels






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






22. 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)






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






24. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






26. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






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






28. Terminator 2






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






30. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






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






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






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






35. 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)






36. 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






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






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






39. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






40. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






42. King Kong

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43. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






44. 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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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