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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






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






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






14. 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.






15. Flattens out and elongate slightly






16. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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)






33. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






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






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






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






37. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






39. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. To bring information into a computer or computer program






48. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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