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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. 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.
Video Shader
Post-Production
Rule of thirds
HD
2. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
White Balance
ATSC
Director
HD
3. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Teleprompter Operartor
dolly
long lens
ATSC
4. Planning the project
Remotes
Editor
Pre-production
Production
5. Over the shoulder
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Master Control
Production
O/S
6. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Pedestal mount
Long shot (head to toe)
ATSC
Firewire (IEE-1394)
7. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Tripod
Editor
Long shot (head to toe)
crane
8. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Graphics Operator
Tally light
Production
crane
9. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Pre-production
Rack focus
Iris
10. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Foreground
Servo
Tilt
Rule of thirds
11. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Pan
The Studio
Aspect Ratios
Rack focus
12. people who deliver lines
Lighting Director
Coaxial Cable
The Studio
Talent
13. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Headroom
CU
dolly
14. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
ATSC
NTSC
ATSC
Studio Production
15. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Engineer
Tilt
Producer
Production
16. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Macro focus
Director
Camera Operators
Interruptible Feedback
17. 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
AGC
Macro focus
Lighting Director
18. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Production
Engineer
Graphics Operator
Grunts
19. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Set Production Designer
NTSC
Tally light
Field Production
20. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Tilt
Camera Operators
Remotes
21. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
dolly
Foreground
HDTV
Field Production
22. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
VTR
Long shot (head to toe)
HD
HDTV
23. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Studio Production
Graphics Operator
Control Room
24. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Technical Director
Director
Lighting Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
25. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Horizon Line
Associate Director
Rack focus
crane
26. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Performer Tips
Engineer
Teleprompter Operartor
Video Shader
27. 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)
dolly
Digital
Grunts
Video Shader
28. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Analog
Angle of Elevation
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Video Shader
29. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
crane
Director
Engineer
Talent
30. creates great depth and interest
long lens
Foreground
Long shot (head to toe)
White Balance
31. ...
HD
Graphics Operator
How to focus a camera like a pro
Horizon Line
32. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Master Control
Remotes
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Green Rooms
33. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Horizon Line
Editor
Performer Tips
Tilt
34. 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
Long shot (head to toe)
Pan
Tally light
35. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tally light
Master Control
Digital
36. people who deliver lines
Set Production Designer
Editor
Talent
Pedestal mount
37. 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
Tally light
Tilt
Iris
38. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Lighting Director
Lead room
crane
Tilt
39. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Rule of thirds
Servo
Technical Director
Field Production
40. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Analog
Interruptible Feedback
Rack focus
O/S
41. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Headroom
Studio Production
Coaxial Cable
Tilt
42. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Producer
Camera Operators
Art Director
Tilt
43. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
ECU
Post-Production
trucking
Analog
44. 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.
Standard Definition
Field Production
Tally light
Iris
45. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Control Room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
ECU
Firewire (IEE-1394)
46. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
CU
O/S
Producer
Control Room
47. 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.
Teleprompter Operartor
Control Room
Engineer
Rule of thirds
48. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Performer Tips
Studio Production
Camera Operators
49. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Camera Operators
Set Production Designer
White Balance
50. punched switcher
Technical Director
Graphics Operator
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Horizon Line