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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. Terminator 2






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






9. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the library panel






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






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






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






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






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






15. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






16. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






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






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






19. 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.






20. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






41. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






42. 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.






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






44. King Kong

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45. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






47. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






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






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






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