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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






2. Fantasmagorie






3. 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.






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






5. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






6. 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.






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






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






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






11. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






17. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






18. 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.






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






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






21. A feature that enables you to view the contents of multiple frames onscreen at the same time.






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






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






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






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






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






40. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the Library panel. It has it own Timeline - independent of the main Timeline.






41. 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






42. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






43. Looney Tunes (Hugh Harman - Rudy Ising - Fritz Freling) - Sinkin in the Bathtub (Bosko) It is now known as Warner Brothers.






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






45. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






48. 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






49. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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