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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Is mounted above a series of cells - each containing separate elements of the scene.. Because the cells are mounted at varying distances from the camera - if it pans or moves toward them - an effect of motion perspective is created. This was invented






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






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






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






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






13. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






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






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






16. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






17. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. King Kong


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






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






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






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






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. Brings graphics into the library






33. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






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






39. Including another symbol within a symbol - such as nesting a graphic symbol - button or another movie clip symbol within a movie clip symbol.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. Terminator 2






47. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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