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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. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Field Production
Stage Manager
Green Rooms
Lead room
2. Close up- A view of a subject from a relatively short distance. A close-up of a person - for instance - might include only the person's face.
Master Control
Graphics Operator
CU
Production
3. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Green Rooms
Associate Director
Executive Producer
crane
4. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
long lens
Executive Producer
Studio Production
Talent
5. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
Pedestal mount
Coaxial Cable
Master Control
6. Planning the project
Pre-production
Rule of thirds
long lens
Angle of Elevation
7. An electronic adjustment of a camera to compensate for differences in color temperatures so that a pure white object will appear on-screen as pure white.
Tripod
Director
crane
White Balance
8. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
NTSC
Lighting Director
Engineer
Post-Production
9. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Rule of thirds
Pan
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Macro focus
10. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Green Rooms
Remotes
Editor
Interruptible Feedback
11. in control room
Engineer
Executive Producer
Remotes
VTR
12. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Post-Production
Tally light
Master Control
White Balance
13. 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.
AGC
Headroom
Post-Production
Lighting Director
14. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Control Room
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Pan
15. 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)
Iris
Lens
Digital
VTR
16. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Editor
Engineer
Tilt
17. 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.
HDTV
HDTV
Master Control
Remotes
18. punched switcher
Technical Director
dolly
Engineer
Video Shader
19. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Video Shader
NTSC
Green Rooms
HDTV
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
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Foreground
Graphics Operator
21. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Pan
Producer
Graphics Operator
Studio Production
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.
ATSC
Producer
Pre-production
Studio Production
23. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Field Production
Pan
Teleprompter Operartor
long lens
24. A person who oversees several production.
Director
Executive Producer
Headroom
Camera Operators
25. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
HDTV
Aspect Ratios
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Remotes
26. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Lighting Director
Rack focus
Set Production Designer
HDTV
27. 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.
The Studio
Video Shader
Horizon Line
Firewire (IEE-1394)
28. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Talent
Lighting Director
Iris
HDTV
29. ...
Executive Producer
Horizon Line
How to focus a camera like a pro
O/S
30. Over the shoulder
Aspect Ratios
O/S
Rack focus
Long shot (head to toe)
31. Indicates that the camera is level
Headroom
ECU
Horizon Line
Tilt
32. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Stage Manager
Associate Director
Field Production
33. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Graphics Operator
Lead room
The Studio
HDTV
34. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Iris
AGC
Lighting Director
Production
35. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Pedestal mount
Tilt
Director
Lead room
36. A person who oversees several production.
Interruptible Feedback
Tally light
Executive Producer
Lens
37. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Stage Manager
long lens
The Studio
Angle of Elevation
38. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
long lens
Iris
ATSC
Production
39. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
HD
Field Production
CU
dolly
40. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Foreground
Stage Manager
Analog
Long shot (head to toe)
41. 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
Rule of thirds
Lens
Coaxial Cable
Headroom
42. people who deliver lines
ECU
Camera Operators
Talent
dolly
43. 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
Technical Director
44. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Control Room
Grunts
HD
Art Director
45. 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
CU
crane
Field Production
46. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Lead room
Grunts
Editor
Green Rooms
47. 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.
Tilt
Standard Definition
Tally light
Master Control
48. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
trucking
Medium Shot (head to toe)
NTSC
Tilt
49. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Angle of Elevation
dolly
Servo
Director
50. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Camera Operators
VTR
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Iris