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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.






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






3. King Kong


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






5. 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






6. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






9. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






25. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






36. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






39. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 1 second (default)