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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






10. Fantasmagorie






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






34. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






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






36. King Kong

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






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






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






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






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






42. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






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






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






48. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






50. Terminator 2