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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






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






3. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






6. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The process of breaking apart text to place each character in a separate text block. The process of separating groups - instances - and bitmaps into ungrouped - of editable elements.






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






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






17. 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)






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






19. 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






20. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






24. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






26. An ActionScript operator - indicated by two minus signs - that subtracts 1 unit from a variable or expression.






27. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






31. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Terminator 2






37. 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.






38. Checks for any errors in the syntax of the coding.






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






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






41. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






45. An Action Scrip 3.0 statement that executes a block of code in response to the event.






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Gumby - Davey and Goliath