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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






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






3. Terminator 2






4. Terminator 2






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






6. Brings graphics into the library






7. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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






12. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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)






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






19. 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






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






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






22. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Fantasmagorie






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files