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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






7. 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)






8. Terminator 2






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






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






21. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.






22. The process of changing one data type to another.






23. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






26. The process of breaking apart text to place each character in a separate text block. The process of separating groups - instances - and bitmaps into ungrouped - of editable elements.






27. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






30. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






33. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






36. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






38. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Fantasmagorie






45. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. Graphic based on pixels