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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of clay characters - moving the characters slightly between each shot.






2. 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)






3. 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.






4. In ActionScript - a variable type that contains a number with which you can use arithmetic operators - such as addition and subtraction.






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






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






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






8. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






21. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






23. 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.






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






25. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. King Kong

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






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






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






36. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






38. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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