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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The panel where you create and edit Action Scrip code for an object or a frame.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






8. 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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






18. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






19. 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.






20. 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






21. King Kong

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






23. 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.






24. In ActionScript - a sequence of characters including letters - numbers - and punctuation.






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






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






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






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






29. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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






47. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






49. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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