This chapter is from the book
Summary
You can target movie clips by using dot syntax or bracket notation. Using square brackets lets you target movie clips by name with the name contained in a variable.
You can target the top level of a Flash movie with _root and the level above the current level with _parent.
Movie clips can have scripts attached to them that control what they do. Movie clip events include load and enterFrame. These events can trigger onClipEvent handlers.