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Animation Basics

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Graphic based on pixels






7. Terminator 2






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






24. A text box created on the Stage with the Text tool that displays information derived from variables.






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






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






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






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






29. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






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






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






35. Flattens out and elongate slightly






36. Fantasmagorie






37. 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






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






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






40. A sound that plays independently of the Timeline. The sound starts in the keyframe to which it is added - but it can continue playing even after a movie ends. Must download completely before it begins playing.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.







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