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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. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Standard Definition
Medium Shot (head to toe)
AGC
Talent
2. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
White Balance
dolly
Angle of Elevation
Long shot (head to toe)
3. 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
Tilt
Digital
Interruptible Feedback
Lens
4. punched switcher
Technical Director
Director
Angle of Elevation
Macro focus
5. A person who oversees several production.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Long shot (head to toe)
Iris
Executive Producer
6. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Associate Director
Servo
Stage Manager
HDTV
7. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Grunts
Foreground
Angle of Elevation
Master Control
8. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Field Production
Analog
Video Shader
Rack focus
9. 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
Grunts
Director
Teleprompter Operartor
10. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Teleprompter Operartor
Lighting Director
long lens
The Studio
11. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Aspect Ratios
Headroom
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Lead room
12. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Associate Director
trucking
dolly
Standard Definition
13. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
O/S
Lead room
Talent
Headroom
14. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Standard Definition
Tilt
Rack focus
15. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Engineer
Rule of thirds
The Studio
Coaxial Cable
16. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Headroom
Aspect Ratios
Camera Operators
Technical Director
17. 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.
Grunts
CU
Pre-production
NTSC
18. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Video Shader
Pre-production
Master Control
19. 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.
Stage Manager
crane
The Studio
Master Control
20. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Grunts
Iris
Teleprompter Operartor
21. 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.
Video Shader
Pedestal mount
crane
Pan
22. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Iris
Servo
Tally light
Tripod
23. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Tally light
Graphics Operator
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
trucking
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.
Talent
VTR
Headroom
Teleprompter Operartor
25. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Associate Director
O/S
Director
VTR
26. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Producer
Lighting Director
White Balance
27. in control room
Stage Manager
Engineer
trucking
How to focus a camera like a pro
28. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Grunts
Iris
ECU
Pan
29. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Studio Production
Director
Video Shader
Servo
30. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
VTR
AGC
Performer Tips
Rack focus
31. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Lighting Director
Rule of thirds
Production
Iris
32. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
O/S
Producer
Control Room
Iris
33. 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.
trucking
White Balance
Macro focus
ECU
34. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Grunts
Art Director
Pedestal mount
Digital
35. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Performer Tips
dolly
Tally light
36. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Lens
Pan
Green Rooms
37. ...
Performer Tips
Director
How to focus a camera like a pro
Green Rooms
38. Pointing the camera down or up
Director
Pedestal mount
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Angle of Elevation
39. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Executive Producer
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Graphics Operator
Art Director
40. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Video Shader
NTSC
long lens
Field Production
41. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Graphics Operator
Talent
Aspect Ratios
VTR
42. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Foreground
VTR
Analog
Talent
43. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Long shot (head to toe)
Rule of thirds
Grunts
44. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Headroom
Rule of thirds
Editor
Pre-production
45. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
trucking
Headroom
Long shot (head to toe)
Graphics Operator
46. 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.
Talent
Rack focus
White Balance
Rule of thirds
47. Pointing the camera down or up
Engineer
Angle of Elevation
CU
Performer Tips
48. 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.
NTSC
VTR
crane
Remotes
49. 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
Studio Production
Pre-production
Master Control
50. 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.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Rule of thirds
VTR
Studio Production