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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. To bring information into a computer or computer program






8. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Brings graphics into the library






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






21. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






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






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






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






26. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






27. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






45. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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






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