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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






13. To bring information into a computer or computer program






14. 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






15. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






16. 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






17. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






20. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






28. Brings graphics into the library






29. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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)






49. 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.






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