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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






21. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Scenery hung at back of stage






28. 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.






29. King Kong

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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. Flattens out and elongate slightly






47. Terminator 2






48. 1 second (default)






49. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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