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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






2. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






4. 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.






5. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






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






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






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






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






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






11. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






13. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






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






19. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






22. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Terminator 2






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






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






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






33. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






38. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. An image calculated and stored according to mathematical formulas rather than pixels - resulting in a smaller file size and the ability to resize the image without a loss in quality.






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






47. 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)






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






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






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