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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






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






5. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






17. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






30. Fantasmagorie






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






32. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






34. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






39. 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)






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. King Kong

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






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






50. 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.