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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. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
Tripod
ATSC
Macro focus
2. in control room
Horizon Line
Engineer
Production
How to focus a camera like a pro
3. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Pedestal mount
Aspect Ratios
Producer
4. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Green Rooms
Field Production
Coaxial Cable
ECU
5. A person who oversees several production.
Coaxial Cable
Pan
Executive Producer
Servo
6. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Analog
Editor
Lighting Director
Teleprompter Operartor
7. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Pan
Pre-production
Tilt
Performer Tips
8. 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.
Executive Producer
Tally light
The Studio
Field Production
9. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Producer
CU
O/S
Horizon Line
10. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
NTSC
Camera Operators
Studio Production
Director
11. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Camera Operators
ATSC
Rack focus
12. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Art Director
Teleprompter Operartor
Art Director
Headroom
13. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Angle of Elevation
Performer Tips
ATSC
14. punched switcher
Performer Tips
Technical Director
Foreground
Macro focus
15. 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.
Lead room
Rule of thirds
CU
crane
16. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
trucking
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Interruptible Feedback
17. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Aspect Ratios
CU
AGC
18. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Lighting Director
Servo
Editor
Lead room
19. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Aspect Ratios
long lens
Camera Operators
Studio Production
20. 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.
Foreground
Servo
Talent
Master Control
21. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Interruptible Feedback
Field Production
The Studio
Studio Production
22. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Iris
Set Production Designer
Tripod
Aspect Ratios
23. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Aspect Ratios
Pan
Producer
long lens
24. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Control Room
Director
Graphics Operator
Field Production
25. ...
CU
Analog
NTSC
How to focus a camera like a pro
26. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Control Room
Tally light
Lead room
NTSC
27. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Lead room
Headroom
Teleprompter Operartor
Video Shader
28. 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
VTR
Lens
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Remotes
29. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Producer
Stage Manager
Pedestal mount
Technical Director
30. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Production
HD
31. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Production
Studio Production
trucking
Firewire (IEE-1394)
32. 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
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Headroom
AGC
33. 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.
CU
Tripod
Producer
Angle of Elevation
34. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Pedestal mount
Tally light
Talent
Rack focus
35. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Set Production Designer
Lighting Director
Graphics Operator
Video Shader
36. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
Coaxial Cable
Rule of thirds
Grunts
37. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Aspect Ratios
Rule of thirds
AGC
38. 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.
Standard Definition
Pedestal mount
Angle of Elevation
Tripod
39. 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)
crane
Post-Production
Digital
Performer Tips
40. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Standard Definition
Tripod
NTSC
Control Room
41. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
ATSC
Horizon Line
AGC
Set Production Designer
42. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Tilt
Director
Iris
Lead room
43. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Remotes
Analog
Horizon Line
Tripod
44. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Stage Manager
Servo
Field Production
Tripod
45. 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.
Art Director
Grunts
Master Control
Long shot (head to toe)
46. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
Tally light
Rule of thirds
Teleprompter Operartor
47. Over the shoulder
Firewire (IEE-1394)
crane
Lead room
O/S
48. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Coaxial Cable
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Aspect Ratios
Pan
49. Planning the project
long lens
Master Control
Producer
Pre-production
50. punched switcher
Green Rooms
Coaxial Cable
Technical Director
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)