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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.
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. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Tally light
Producer
Stage Manager
2. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
CU
Associate Director
Teleprompter Operartor
Performer Tips
3. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Performer Tips
Set Production Designer
Editor
4. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
CU
Tilt
Long shot (head to toe)
Green Rooms
5. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Engineer
Green Rooms
CU
6. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Teleprompter Operartor
Pedestal mount
Camera Operators
Iris
7. Over the shoulder
Pedestal mount
O/S
Pan
Teleprompter Operartor
8. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Pan
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Rack focus
Art Director
9. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
ATSC
Grunts
AGC
10. 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.
Master Control
Pre-production
Pre-production
Video Shader
11. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
trucking
NTSC
Art Director
Studio Production
12. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
Iris
White Balance
CU
Digital
13. creates great depth and interest
Foreground
Pre-production
Control Room
Long shot (head to toe)
14. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
CU
Iris
Associate Director
Production
15. 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
How to focus a camera like a pro
Pedestal mount
Rule of thirds
16. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Stage Manager
Tally light
Tilt
Editor
17. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Remotes
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Producer
18. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Set Production Designer
Tally light
Interruptible Feedback
Servo
19. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Interruptible Feedback
Remotes
ATSC
Interruptible Feedback
20. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tally light
Lens
Headroom
Tripod
21. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Production
Rack focus
Foreground
Green Rooms
22. ...
Iris
Talent
Associate Director
How to focus a camera like a pro
23. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
VTR
Servo
Performer Tips
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
24. A digital interface that allows the simultaneous transfer of audio and video information.
long lens
Firewire (IEE-1394)
trucking
Talent
25. Indicates that the camera is level
The Studio
Green Rooms
Horizon Line
The Studio
26. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
NTSC
Set Production Designer
Remotes
Technical Director
27. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
AGC
Tilt
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Aspect Ratios
28. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Studio Production
Long shot (head to toe)
Macro focus
Lighting Director
29. 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
Interruptible Feedback
Set Production Designer
long lens
30. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Rule of thirds
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Post-Production
Teleprompter Operartor
31. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Master Control
Pedestal mount
Lighting Director
32. 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
AGC
Long shot (head to toe)
Lens
O/S
33. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Analog
Producer
trucking
Digital
34. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
ECU
Coaxial Cable
VTR
ATSC
35. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
Graphics Operator
Pre-production
Rack focus
Interruptible Feedback
36. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
NTSC
Iris
Digital
Producer
37. A person who oversees several production.
Technical Director
Interruptible Feedback
HD
Executive Producer
38. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Art Director
Editor
Talent
Macro focus
39. 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.
Pre-production
Rack focus
White Balance
Angle of Elevation
40. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
crane
Coaxial Cable
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Standard Definition
41. people who deliver lines
CU
HD
ECU
Talent
42. 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
Director
Associate Director
Rack focus
43. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
Rack focus
HDTV
Lighting Director
44. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Standard Definition
Angle of Elevation
Field Production
Macro focus
45. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Editor
Post-Production
HDTV
Servo
46. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Rule of thirds
Servo
NTSC
Tripod
47. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Engineer
Tilt
Stage Manager
Performer Tips
48. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Studio Production
Lighting Director
ECU
Production
49. in control room
Engineer
Pedestal mount
Rack focus
O/S
50. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Remotes
NTSC
Studio Production
Coaxial Cable