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






3. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






6. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Terminator 2






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. Brings graphics into the library






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






43. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






46. 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






47. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.






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






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






50. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.