SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Intro To Film Production
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Sheets for each shooting day; they detail what portion of the script is being shot on a specific day - who needs to be on the set - when they need to be there - and how to get to the set.
Call Sheets
Parallel Action
Peak Meter
Zooming In
2. The person who pulls focus
Peak Meter
Plot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Focus Puller
3. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Spike
Assistant Camera
Storyboards
Low-Key Lighting
4. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Camera Setup
Sound Recordist
Lens Speed
Props
5. Sound bouncing off surfaces. Results in a booming or echo-y sound as the signal duplicates itself over and over again which is refereed to as 'acoustically live.'
Reverberation
High-Key Lighting
Headshot/Bio
Blocking
6. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
7. Recording is too low
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
8. Shooting a scene from various angles
Coverage
Reverberation
Call Sheets
Four Basic Properties of Sound
9. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Depth of Field
Gaffer
Cutaway Shot
Pick-Ups
10. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Direct Address
Three Essential Elements of Drama
11. Revolve around conflict - and express ideas and cocepts through stories in which a character who needs to accomplish something encounters obastacles and much struggle to get what they need
Low-Key Lighting
Narrative Films
Zooming In
Location Technical Survey
12. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Low-Key Lighting
Director of Photography
Cutaway Shot
13. The look of the environment in which your scenes take place - and the choice and design of the objects and costumes employed in the film have a profound impact on the tone - the characterizations - and the meaning of your movie.
Art Direction
Circle of Confusion
Overheads
Zooming In
14. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
Circle of Confusion
Master Shot
Director of Photography
15. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Script Breakdown Sheet
Props
Headroom
Prime Lens
16. Not limited by the linear characteristics of video tape. We can move around in the footage in any direction - instantaneously. All film projects - whether shot on film of DV are edited on NLE. All visual and aural components must be turned into dig
Peak Meter
Nonlinear Editing System
Audition
Headroom
17. Closer shots of the subjects in the scene from and angle that includes a portion of the other person's shoulder or head. This is also called and over-the-shoulder shot.
Plot
Pulling Focus
Motivated Lighting
Reverse Shots
18. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
T-Stops
Media File Indicators
Cutaway Shot
19. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Director of Photography
Pick-Ups
Narrative Films
20. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
High-Key Lighting
Peak Meter
Script Breakdown Sheet
Zooming In
21. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Call Sheets
Green Room
Storyboards
Motivated Move
22. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Master Shot
Overheads
Low-Key Lighting
Ambient Sound
23. Yields very dark and prominent shadow areas. Occurs when the fill light is considerable lower than the key - allowing areas to be submerged in shadows.
Location Scouting
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Low-Key Lighting
3/4 Back Light
24. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Master Shot
Depth of Field
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Three Essential Elements of Drama
25. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Director of Photography
Peak Meter
Prime Lens
Key Light
26. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Green Room
Master Shot
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Call Sheets
27. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Narrative Films
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Treatment
Cover-Set
28. Separate comfortable waiting space to put the next-in line actor. A place where actors can relax - drink some water - and go over their lines.
Shot Size
Location Technical Survey
Art Direction
Green Room
29. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Headshot/Bio
Lens Speed
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Overheads
30. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Cover-Set
Blocking
Director of Photography
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
31. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Headshot/Bio
Storyboards
Lens Speed
Setting Levels
32. Sheets for each shooting day; they detail what portion of the script is being shot on a specific day - who needs to be on the set - when they need to be there - and how to get to the set.
Nonlinear Editing System
Call Sheets
Rendering
Cover-Set
33. Revolve around conflict - and express ideas and cocepts through stories in which a character who needs to accomplish something encounters obastacles and much struggle to get what they need
Setting Levels
Focus Puller
Narrative Films
Plot
34. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Coverage
Fine Cut
3/4 Back Light
Blocking
35. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Shot Size
Levels
Reverberation
Zooming Out
36. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Rim Light
Low-Key Lighting
Headroom
Parallel Action
37. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cutaway Shot
T-Stops
38. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Direct Address
Location Technical Survey
Treatment
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
39. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Fill Light
Audition
Sound Recordist
Zooming Out
40. Light that separates the subject from the background by positioning a somewhat lower intensity light at a high angle and behind the subject. It traces the edges of the figure and creates depth.
Back Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Camera Setup
Low-Key Lighting
41. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
Storyboards
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Location Scouting
42. The head of the sound department responsible for recording the best possible quality sound. Chooses the appropriate microphones and mic placement for each and every scene that requires sound. They also monitor and maintain proper recording levels.
Media File Indicators
Cable Wrangler
Sound Recordist
Zooming Out
43. Expresses the director's visual strategy for every scene in the film. It shows you what shots are used to cover a scene and in how they connect together as an edited scene. Camera angles - shot sizes - camera moves - etc. are all marked.
Shooting (Lined) Script
Master Shot
Levels
Spike
44. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Overheads
Direct Address
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cable Wrangler
45. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
3/4 Back Light
Green Room
Cross Cutting
Fill Light
46. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Fine Cut
Rim Light
Script Breakdown Sheet
'In the Mud'
47. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Audition
Cross Cutting
Headroom
48. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Prime Lens
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Talent Release
49. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Reverberation
Nondestructive Editing
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Cover-Set
50. The ability of a lens to gather light is determined by the largest possible f-stop of that particular lens (a fast lens can open up to allow more light than a slow lens)
Treatment
Location Scouting
Lens Speed
Sound Recordist