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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the library panel






2. 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)






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






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






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






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






7. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.






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






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






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






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






13. Terminator 2






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. King Kong

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






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






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






28. 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






29. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






33. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






41. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






43. Fantasmagorie






44. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






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






49. 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.






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