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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Graphic based on pixels






2. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts






3. 1 second (default)






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






5. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






6. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. To bring information into a computer or computer program






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Terminator 2






36. 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.






37. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files






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






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






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






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






50. A sound that plays independently of the Timeline. The sound starts in the keyframe to which it is added - but it can continue playing even after a movie ends. Must download completely before it begins playing.