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Film Production Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Amplitude is measured in _________






2. 1 million pixels






3. DVD that has 4.7 GB of space (approx. 2.5 hours of SD video)






4. The number of wave cycles that pass in a given time






5. The weight of a space a person/object is moving into






6. Frame rate in Europe






7. The ___________ number of bits you have - the greater the number of values you can have.






8. Tesla <33 high voltage transmissions - cycling 60x/second with a sine wave pattern






9. The amount of light that the lens pulls into the barrel is determined by this






10. The number of colors available to each individual pixel






11. Color






12. In Europe - AC power with a frequency of ___Hz dictates that 50 interlaced PAL video fields will be produced per second--or 25 frames






13. This is achieved when a person's eyes are approximately 1/3 way down the frame






14. Combo of colors adjacent to one another on color wheel






15. A format associated with older SD cameras/analog systems where there are two field patterns (odd and even) that make up the whole image (the lines that flip out)






16. dimensions of standard definition






17. primary source of light - roughly 45 degrees off of camera/subject axis






18. Angle that makes someone seem powerless






19. NTSC stands for...






20. Softens light






21. pickup pattern that can be cardiod or hyper-cardiod and have narrow pickup patterns






22. The greater the ____________ - the greater the quality of the image.






23. primary source of light - roughly 45 degrees off of camera/subject axis






24. The _______ the focal length - the more light is pulled in and the wider the image - resulting in a wide-angle image






25. Light that illuminates the background and often used instead of back light (sounds almost exactly the same...)






26. The weight of a space a person/object is moving into






27. A term for decrease in light intensity






28. pickup pattern that has a really narrow range AKA 'shotgun mic'






29. Gives the impression of a lack of closure -- the viewer is left wanting/needing to see more






30. Color






31. A compositional rule that divides the frame horizontally and vertically into thirds






32. The weight of the gaze of a person/object






33. A disturbance in the air; vibrations in the form of waves






34. Storage capacity of a dual layer blue-ray






35. Sounds with short waves have this






36. DSLR camera






37. pickup pattern that picks up sounds equally from all directions around the microphone (360 degrees)






38. dimensions of sorta high def






39. blues - greens - purples






40. Gives the impression of wholeness -- the viewer sees all he/she needs to see






41. The weight of the gaze of a person/object






42. PAL and SECAM use ____ horizontal lines per image and display images at a rate of exactly __ fps






43. Colors produced by mixing primary and secondary colors (red-orange - yellow-green...)






44. Cuts down the intensity of light without changing the color temperature






45. blues - greens - purples






46. AKA 'binary digit.' Represented by a 1 or 0.






47. Intensity of color






48. Changes the color temperature of a light to that of tungsten






49. Edison T^T low-voltage applications and flows in a straight line






50. In Europe - AC power with a frequency of ___Hz dictates that 50 interlaced PAL video fields will be produced per second--or 25 frames