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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. King Kong

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12. Terminator 2






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. King Kong

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






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






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






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






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






24. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






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






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






27. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






31. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






32. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






36. To make changes by adding - deleting - or modifying text - graphics - or other items in a document






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Graphic based on pixels






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






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