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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (the first cartoon using chalk drawing and cut-outs)






34. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






35. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Terminator 2






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






49. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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