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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. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Associate Director
NTSC
Field Production
Analog
2. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Pedestal mount
trucking
Master Control
Tally light
3. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
ECU
trucking
Producer
HD
4. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Tally light
CU
Green Rooms
5. people who deliver lines
Performer Tips
Servo
Talent
Long shot (head to toe)
6. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Foreground
Camera Operators
Angle of Elevation
Horizon Line
7. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Studio Production
Associate Director
Foreground
Lighting Director
8. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Production
Technical Director
Post-Production
9. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Talent
Graphics Operator
Editor
VTR
10. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
HD
Tripod
Coaxial Cable
Talent
11. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
dolly
Tilt
O/S
12. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
long lens
dolly
Lighting Director
Headroom
13. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Headroom
Control Room
Stage Manager
14. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Macro focus
Graphics Operator
Horizon Line
15. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Studio Production
Set Production Designer
Headroom
Digital
16. The space between the top of a subjects head and the upper edge of the camera frame.
Digital
Tilt
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Headroom
17. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
White Balance
Aspect Ratios
Pan
trucking
18. 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)
VTR
Digital
Engineer
Coaxial Cable
19. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
ATSC
Lighting Director
Coaxial Cable
Studio Production
20. A person who oversees several production.
Digital
trucking
Executive Producer
Pre-production
21. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Control Room
Camera Operators
Stage Manager
Headroom
22. A person who oversees several production.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tally light
Executive Producer
Interruptible Feedback
23. 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.
crane
Pedestal mount
Lead room
Camera Operators
24. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
White Balance
Associate Director
Angle of Elevation
HDTV
25. 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.
Performer Tips
Camera Operators
The Studio
Associate Director
26. 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.
CU
crane
Standard Definition
Rack focus
27. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Standard Definition
Set Production Designer
Analog
28. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Lead room
Stage Manager
Technical Director
Pedestal mount
29. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
White Balance
The Studio
ECU
Performer Tips
30. 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.
Video Shader
Medium Shot (head to toe)
AGC
Pedestal mount
31. 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.
Lighting Director
VTR
Master Control
Green Rooms
32. Planning the project
O/S
White Balance
Pre-production
Digital
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.
Executive Producer
CU
Green Rooms
Graphics Operator
34. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Analog
Stage Manager
Producer
35. 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
Coaxial Cable
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Lens
Performer Tips
36. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Grunts
Tilt
crane
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
37. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Camera Operators
Graphics Operator
Set Production Designer
Art Director
38. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
Analog
Studio Production
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Foreground
39. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
dolly
CU
Standard Definition
40. in control room
Teleprompter Operartor
Engineer
Lens
NTSC
41. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Rule of thirds
Field Production
Control Room
42. 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.
crane
Grunts
The Studio
Pedestal mount
43. Over the shoulder
Engineer
Digital
O/S
Director
44. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Production
Rule of thirds
O/S
45. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Stage Manager
Art Director
Tally light
ATSC
46. 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.
Macro focus
Servo
Pedestal mount
Analog
47. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Remotes
Grunts
Macro focus
Interruptible Feedback
48. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Pan
The Studio
Editor
49. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Horizon Line
Studio Production
Long shot (head to toe)
NTSC
50. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Pedestal mount
Video Shader
Pedestal mount
Art Director