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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. Pointing the camera down or up
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Angle of Elevation
Editor
Iris
2. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Rack focus
Producer
Medium Shot (head to toe)
trucking
3. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
ATSC
Grunts
Green Rooms
Macro focus
4. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Graphics Operator
CU
Control Room
Teleprompter Operartor
5. A person who oversees several production.
VTR
Servo
Executive Producer
trucking
6. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
Horizon Line
HD
CU
7. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Art Director
Post-Production
Macro focus
Long shot (head to toe)
8. ...
Art Director
Grunts
How to focus a camera like a pro
Pan
9. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
dolly
crane
Lens
10. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Analog
Graphics Operator
Grunts
11. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Studio Production
ATSC
Master Control
Headroom
12. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Field Production
Pre-production
Art Director
13. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
trucking
Video Shader
Post-Production
The Studio
14. Over the shoulder
O/S
Lead room
trucking
Field Production
15. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Editor
Green Rooms
Tilt
trucking
16. in control room
Video Shader
Teleprompter Operartor
trucking
Engineer
17. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Stage Manager
ECU
Editor
Servo
18. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Graphics Operator
Stage Manager
Tilt
Art Director
19. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
How to focus a camera like a pro
Stage Manager
Producer
Video Shader
20. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Lead room
Macro focus
Associate Director
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
21. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Iris
Rack focus
ATSC
Engineer
22. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Editor
Performer Tips
Grunts
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
23. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Control Room
long lens
Tally light
Interruptible Feedback
24. 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
Editor
long lens
Technical Director
25. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Set Production Designer
Set Production Designer
26. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Studio Production
crane
Rule of thirds
Lead room
27. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Studio Production
Rack focus
dolly
Angle of Elevation
28. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Lighting Director
Field Production
HDTV
Engineer
29. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Aspect Ratios
ECU
AGC
Foreground
30. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
NTSC
CU
Graphics Operator
Analog
31. 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.
Tally light
Headroom
Rule of thirds
Engineer
32. ...
Associate Director
How to focus a camera like a pro
ECU
Firewire (IEE-1394)
33. 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.
Stage Manager
Master Control
HDTV
Rack focus
34. 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.
Producer
Standard Definition
Horizon Line
The Studio
35. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Headroom
Director
Green Rooms
Executive Producer
36. 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.
trucking
Horizon Line
Engineer
crane
37. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HD
Pedestal mount
Green Rooms
Macro focus
38. Planning the project
Pre-production
Executive Producer
Producer
Standard Definition
39. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
The Studio
AGC
Green Rooms
40. 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.
trucking
Field Production
CU
Master Control
41. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Interruptible Feedback
ATSC
Teleprompter Operartor
Technical Director
42. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Lighting Director
Horizon Line
Director
Interruptible Feedback
43. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Associate Director
White Balance
Pan
Digital
44. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
ECU
dolly
Director
45. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Camera Operators
Producer
AGC
Aspect Ratios
46. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
CU
Lead room
Aspect Ratios
Set Production Designer
47. 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.
White Balance
NTSC
Servo
How to focus a camera like a pro
48. 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.
Headroom
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
Iris
49. 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
Lighting Director
long lens
Lens
Post-Production
50. 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.
Angle of Elevation
White Balance
Green Rooms
Macro focus