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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






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






3. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






5. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






6. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






16. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.






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






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






19. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






22. Fantasmagorie






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






24. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






25. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






33. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






48. 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






49. Brings graphics into the library






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