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Animation Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.
Keyframe
Animation
Max and Dave Fleischer
Audience
2. Including another symbol within a symbol - such as nesting a graphic symbol - button or another movie clip symbol within a movie clip symbol.
Chuck Jones
Limited Animation
Event Listener
Nesting
3. Brings graphics into the library
Tim Burton
Broadband
Decrement Action
Import to library
4. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)
Function
Event sounds
Peter Jackson
Otto Messmer
5. It occurs after an action - and is the direct physical result of it
Storyboard
Pixar
Anticipation
Ray Harryhausen
6. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.
Storyboard
Anticipation
Movie clip symbol
Audience
7. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.
Bandwidth Profiler
Tripod
Pixilation
Code snippets
8. Simple animation that starts in frame 1 and loops until the rest of the movie has been downloaded.
Flash Lite
Limited Animation
Scene
Pre-loader
9. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (the first cartoon using chalk drawing and cut-outs)
J. Stuart Blackton
Norman Mclaren
Title
DSL
10. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pixar
Loop
Claymation
11. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.
Bitmap (Raster) graphic
Chuck Jones
Winsor McCay
T1
12. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Decrement Action
Broadband
Willis O'Brien
13. 1 second (default)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pixilation
Crossbar
24 frames
14. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.
Cel
Scene
Pixar
Willis O'Brien
15. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird
UPA
Check syntax
Persistance of Vision
Vector graphic
16. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.
Aardman Studios
Edit
Loader Component
Trace
17. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.
24 frames
Stop-Motion
Code snippets
Import
18. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page
Emile Reynaud
Norman Mclaren
Flipbook
Squash and Stretch
19. Fantasmagorie
Phenakistoscope
Movie clip symbol
Increment Action
Emile Cohl
20. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.
Cue points
Praxinoscope
Trace
Methods
21. 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.
Timing
Event sounds
Zoopraxiscope
Import to stage
22. 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
Parent-child relationship
Tim Burton
Publish
Claymation
23. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.
Variable
James Cameron
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Theatre Optique
24. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.
Bray Studios
Bandwidth Profiler
Art Clokey
Thaumatrope
25. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story
Zoopraxiscope
Persistance of Vision
Pixar
Check syntax
26. Scenery hung at back of stage
Magic Lantern
Background
Conditional Actions
Keyframe
27. The part of the animation program window that organizes and controls an animation's content over time using layers and frames.
Event Listener
Timeline
Magic Lantern
James Cameron
28. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.
Script
Appeal
24 frames
Graphic Symbols
29. 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.
Broadband
Cel
Tex Avery
Edit
30. 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.
Peg Bar
Anticipation
Loop
Object
31. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.
Script
Anti-aliasing
AddChild
Tripod
32. To bring information into a computer or computer program
Walt Disney
Background
24 frames
Import
33. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
Edit
Dynamic text field
Credits
Rotoscoping
34. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.
Flash Lite
Vector graphic
Code snippets
24 frames
35. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.
Trace
Methods
Movie clip symbol
Loader Component
36. The process of changing one data type to another.
Stream sound
Casting
Cue points
Methods
37. NFB - Boogie Doodle - Begone Dull Care - Binkity Blank -
Pixar
Event Listener
Norman Mclaren
Pixar
38. 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
Aardman Studios
Code snippets
Timing
Magic Lantern
39. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the library panel
Pre-loader
Casting
Animated graphic symbol
Variable
40. 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.
Publish
Audience
Event Listener
Broadband
41. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.
Art Clokey
Edit
Graphic Symbols
Storyboard
42. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.
Broadband
Classes
Graphic Symbols
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
43. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.
Break apart
Crossbar
Anti-aliasing
Button symbol
44. Gumby - Davey and Goliath
Peter Jackson
Art Clokey
Audience
Schlesinger Studios
45. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.
Publish
Break apart
Exaggeration
Stream sound
46. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton
Art Clokey
Increment Action
Peter Jackson
47. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie
Claymation
Event sounds
Title
Props
48. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.
Import to library
Ease In and Ease out
Property
Props
49. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.
Stop-Motion
Nesting
Magic Lantern
Willis O'Brien
50. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts
Ray Harryhausen
Audience
HTML alignment
Squash and Stretch