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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.






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






3. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






5. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






7. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






12. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






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






14. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






18. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






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






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






38. Terminator 2






39. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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