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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






11. 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






12. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






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






15. The name of a work of art or movie etc.






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. Terminator 2






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






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






25. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






26. 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






27. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






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






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






30. One of a series of still photographs on a strip of film used in making movies or animations






31. 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.






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






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






34. King Kong

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






36. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






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






41. 1 second (default)






42. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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.