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TV Production Basics
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
The Studio
Pan
Servo
Director
2. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Horizon Line
Set Production Designer
Tripod
3. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
crane
Rack focus
Studio Production
VTR
4. Over the shoulder
Camera Operators
Headroom
Angle of Elevation
O/S
5. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
White Balance
Coaxial Cable
Art Director
HD
6. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Macro focus
Performer Tips
ECU
Interruptible Feedback
7. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Remotes
Long shot (head to toe)
8. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Talent
Standard Definition
Tilt
Headroom
9. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Tilt
Headroom
Standard Definition
10. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Standard Definition
Pedestal mount
VTR
Producer
11. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tripod
Editor
Lead room
12. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Field Production
Art Director
Analog
Aspect Ratios
13. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Director
Pedestal mount
Coaxial Cable
Tally light
14. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
long lens
Pan
Horizon Line
Technical Director
15. The primary engineering control center where all video and audio signals are ultimately channeled; program input - camera controls and transmitter distribution often are handled from this location.
Master Control
Lead room
Green Rooms
Interruptible Feedback
16. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Performer Tips
Rule of thirds
Camera Operators
Associate Director
17. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
NTSC
ATSC
Studio Production
Technical Director
18. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Stage Manager
Rule of thirds
Graphics Operator
19. ...
Video Shader
NTSC
Tripod
How to focus a camera like a pro
20. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Iris
Aspect Ratios
Control Room
trucking
21. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Digital
Stage Manager
HDTV
Angle of Elevation
22. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Horizon Line
Angle of Elevation
Producer
Foreground
23. people who deliver lines
Coaxial Cable
Standard Definition
Talent
ATSC
24. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Field Production
HDTV
Graphics Operator
Master Control
25. With the advent of high- definition television - this term is used to refer to NTSC television and ATSC formats that have a 4:3 aspect ration.
Remotes
Standard Definition
Producer
Digital
26. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Video Shader
How to focus a camera like a pro
Associate Director
Studio Production
27. ...
Art Director
Pre-production
How to focus a camera like a pro
Studio Production
28. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
dolly
Servo
Performer Tips
Set Production Designer
29. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ECU
Green Rooms
ATSC
AGC
30. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Performer Tips
Lens
Pan
Angle of Elevation
31. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Lead room
Tally light
Digital
HDTV
32. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Servo
Standard Definition
Teleprompter Operartor
The Studio
33. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Post-Production
Digital
Remotes
Analog
34. Over the shoulder
Lens
HD
Art Director
O/S
35. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Rule of thirds
Field Production
Executive Producer
36. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Analog
Production
Production
Editor
37. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Macro focus
Lighting Director
ECU
38. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Production
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Camera Operators
39. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Performer Tips
Tripod
long lens
40. A person who oversees several production.
HD
ECU
Executive Producer
Lighting Director
41. 1) A large camera mount with an extended boom arm for a camera and a seat for a camera operator - all placed on a large four-wheeled base. 2) To move the boom arm of a crane up and down.
crane
ECU
Executive Producer
Aspect Ratios
42. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Set Production Designer
Interruptible Feedback
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pan
43. A camera mount - usually used in studio productions - that facilitates smooth movement of the camera across the studio floor and limited range of camera height adjustment.
Graphics Operator
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Pedestal mount
The Studio
44. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Tilt
How to focus a camera like a pro
45. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Tilt
Art Director
Set Production Designer
Associate Director
46. With the advent of high- definition television - this term is used to refer to NTSC television and ATSC formats that have a 4:3 aspect ration.
Camera Operators
ECU
Standard Definition
Field Production
47. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Set Production Designer
Firewire (IEE-1394)
VTR
The Studio
48. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
White Balance
O/S
Teleprompter Operartor
long lens
49. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Field Production
Remotes
Pedestal mount
Aspect Ratios
50. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
HD
trucking
Stage Manager
Camera Operators