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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 original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Post-Production
NTSC
Grunts
Producer
2. Over the shoulder
White Balance
Pedestal mount
AGC
O/S
3. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Lead room
Rack focus
Analog
Headroom
4. Pointing the camera down or up
Graphics Operator
Angle of Elevation
Remotes
Interruptible Feedback
5. large room at least 20 feet by 30 feet without any posts obstructing its space. Best located on the ground floor. The space where all acting or performing takes place.
Stage Manager
The Studio
Studio Production
NTSC
6. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Associate Director
Pan
Editor
Medium Shot (head to toe)
7. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Producer
The Studio
Tally light
Lead room
8. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
Coaxial Cable
Art Director
Technical Director
9. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Standard Definition
Headroom
Director
dolly
10. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Tripod
Angle of Elevation
Post-Production
Headroom
11. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Lighting Director
How to focus a camera like a pro
Engineer
12. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
long lens
Analog
Macro focus
Horizon Line
13. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Art Director
dolly
Pedestal mount
Lead room
14. in control room
ECU
Pan
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Engineer
15. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Macro focus
Tally light
Digital
Graphics Operator
16. 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.
The Studio
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
long lens
Pedestal mount
17. Planning the project
NTSC
CU
Pre-production
Producer
18. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
Editor
Talent
Art Director
19. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Master Control
Coaxial Cable
Remotes
Director
20. A principle of composition that divides the TV screen into thirds - horizontally and vertically and places objects of interest at the points where the lines intersect.
Rule of thirds
Long shot (head to toe)
The Studio
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
21. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Teleprompter Operartor
Pre-production
Foreground
22. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
AGC
Aspect Ratios
Interruptible Feedback
Tally light
23. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
AGC
trucking
Stage Manager
Talent
24. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Teleprompter Operartor
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Analog
Producer
25. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Foreground
Rack focus
Pre-production
Editor
26. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Coaxial Cable
Horizon Line
dolly
Servo
27. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Long shot (head to toe)
Rule of thirds
VTR
28. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Horizon Line
Lighting Director
ATSC
Coaxial Cable
29. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Rule of thirds
White Balance
CU
Iris
30. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Standard Definition
Executive Producer
Aspect Ratios
long lens
31. focual length determines how wide or narrow the viewing range (field of view) is. The longer the lens the more narrow the field of view - shorter lens gives wider shots
trucking
Studio Production
Iris
Lens
32. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Tally light
Horizon Line
33. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Pan
Director
trucking
crane
34. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Art Director
Field Production
The Studio
Rack focus
35. punched switcher
Technical Director
VTR
HDTV
Foreground
36. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
trucking
Rack focus
Lead room
Coaxial Cable
37. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Set Production Designer
Tally light
Grunts
Interruptible Feedback
38. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Tally light
dolly
The Studio
Pan
39. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Coaxial Cable
Camera Operators
Pre-production
Aspect Ratios
40. Indicates that the camera is level
dolly
CU
Control Room
Horizon Line
41. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Tripod
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Field Production
42. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Analog
Producer
Servo
43. creates great depth and interest
Production
Camera Operators
Foreground
Interruptible Feedback
44. A person who oversees several production.
Control Room
Lens
dolly
Executive Producer
45. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
HD
Pre-production
Aspect Ratios
NTSC
46. 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)
Stage Manager
Macro focus
Digital
Rule of thirds
47. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Director
dolly
Standard Definition
ATSC
48. 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.
Grunts
AGC
White Balance
Tripod
49. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Foreground
Performer Tips
Tripod
Tilt
50. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
White Balance
Aspect Ratios
Associate Director
Headroom