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TV Production Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 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.
Lens
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
crane
Master Control
2. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Rack focus
Tripod
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Long shot (head to toe)
3. in control room
Art Director
Rack focus
Engineer
O/S
4. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Digital
Art Director
Tilt
5. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Talent
Standard Definition
Foreground
6. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
ECU
Studio Production
Tilt
7. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Macro focus
Analog
Foreground
Producer
8. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Tilt
Headroom
Interruptible Feedback
Studio Production
9. Pointing the camera down or up
O/S
Angle of Elevation
Firewire (IEE-1394)
NTSC
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.
Servo
Analog
Producer
Tilt
11. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Green Rooms
Pedestal mount
HD
Performer Tips
12. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Standard Definition
Field Production
Rack focus
crane
13. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Production
Art Director
HD
14. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Pre-production
Graphics Operator
Performer Tips
Rack focus
15. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Headroom
Engineer
Control Room
Tripod
16. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
HD
Tally light
Analog
Servo
17. people who deliver lines
Talent
Producer
Headroom
Graphics Operator
18. 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
dolly
Rack focus
Production
19. Automatic gain control. An internal control device - for either audio or video signals - that automatically increases or decreases the strength of the incoming sound of picture to maintain optimum strength.
VTR
Studio Production
AGC
Set Production Designer
20. 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.
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
AGC
Standard Definition
21. Over the shoulder
O/S
Angle of Elevation
crane
Post-Production
22. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Headroom
VTR
Pedestal mount
Iris
23. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Iris
Graphics Operator
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tilt
24. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
long lens
Grunts
Lighting Director
Aspect Ratios
25. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
long lens
AGC
Post-Production
ATSC
26. Planning the project
Set Production Designer
CU
Pre-production
Remotes
27. ...
Video Shader
Field Production
Pedestal mount
How to focus a camera like a pro
28. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Coaxial Cable
Technical Director
Headroom
trucking
29. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Pre-production
Performer Tips
Aspect Ratios
Post-Production
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
Interruptible Feedback
Pan
NTSC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
31. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Field Production
The Studio
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Rack focus
32. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Pre-production
Aspect Ratios
Pedestal mount
long lens
33. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pre-production
Control Room
Grunts
34. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
How to focus a camera like a pro
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Producer
The Studio
35. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Analog
Tilt
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
NTSC
36. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
dolly
Lead room
Pedestal mount
Master Control
37. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
CU
The Studio
Talent
VTR
38. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Stage Manager
O/S
Green Rooms
Interruptible Feedback
39. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
Iris
Horizon Line
Set Production Designer
40. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Associate Director
Post-Production
ATSC
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
41. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Servo
HD
Post-Production
Rule of thirds
42. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
How to focus a camera like a pro
crane
Set Production Designer
43. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Tally light
Graphics Operator
Performer Tips
Video Shader
44. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
AGC
Lens
HDTV
AGC
45. Indicates that the camera is level
Tilt
Horizon Line
Standard Definition
trucking
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.
ECU
Tilt
Grunts
Standard Definition
47. people who deliver lines
Associate Director
crane
Talent
Rack focus
48. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
ATSC
Standard Definition
Stage Manager
Producer
49. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Production
Editor
Field Production
50. A method of representing video or audio signals that uses discrete 'on' and 'off' pulses. The value of a digital signal at any point can be either 'off'(0) or 'on'(1)
Digital
Standard Definition
Stage Manager
VTR