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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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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. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






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






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






6. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






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






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






9. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






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






11. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






13. Terminator 2






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






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






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






17. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






20. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






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






22. 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






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






24. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine






25. Pre-developed movie clips that can quickly add functionality to a movie by dragging and dropping them from the Components panel to the stage. Commonly used for creating forms with boxes for entering user data.






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






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






28. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






39. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






40. 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.






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






47. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






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






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






50. King Kong

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