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Animation Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Emile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Fantasmagorie






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






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






19. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






21. Brings graphics into the library






22. 1 second (default)






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






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






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