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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.
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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
Lighting Director
long lens
Medium Shot (head to toe)
2. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
The Studio
ATSC
Iris
Video Shader
3. 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.
Headroom
Engineer
Pedestal mount
White Balance
4. Planning the project
HD
Post-Production
Pre-production
Grunts
5. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Tilt
Standard Definition
Analog
Field Production
6. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Servo
Lighting Director
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Executive Producer
7. people who deliver lines
Foreground
Talent
Rule of thirds
Remotes
8. people who deliver lines
Analog
Remotes
Engineer
Talent
9. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Lead room
Post-Production
ECU
Foreground
10. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
White Balance
Field Production
Pre-production
Macro focus
11. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
ECU
Tally light
Executive Producer
Camera Operators
12. in control room
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Engineer
Pedestal mount
Horizon Line
13. 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.
Associate Director
Tilt
VTR
Rule of thirds
14. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
NTSC
Pre-production
Video Shader
Lighting Director
15. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
HDTV
Producer
Aspect Ratios
Director
16. 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.
NTSC
Teleprompter Operartor
Engineer
Master Control
17. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Lens
trucking
Lighting Director
Field Production
18. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Servo
VTR
Grunts
Production
19. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Lens
The Studio
Set Production Designer
20. 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
dolly
Talent
Director
21. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Post-Production
How to focus a camera like a pro
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Remotes
22. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Pre-production
Graphics Operator
Long shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer
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
HD
Editor
Pan
Master Control
24. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Director
Green Rooms
Rack focus
HD
25. Planning the project
Pre-production
Field Production
Foreground
AGC
26. The area where all video signals are mixed. The director and technical director (and other crew members) control all program elements from this location.
Control Room
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Long shot (head to toe)
crane
27. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Stage Manager
Technical Director
long lens
White Balance
28. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Set Production Designer
Control Room
Lighting Director
29. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
O/S
Foreground
Tilt
30. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
ATSC
Digital
Editor
Rule of thirds
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.
Video Shader
Producer
Tripod
Master Control
32. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Tilt
Studio Production
Master Control
33. Makes sure camera match - lighting
How to focus a camera like a pro
Horizon Line
Angle of Elevation
Video Shader
34. 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.
Aspect Ratios
Production
AGC
Horizon Line
35. 1) To pivot the camera vertically by pointing the camera mounting head up or down. 2) the shot produced by tilting a camera.
Tilt
Digital
The Studio
Servo
36. 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.
White Balance
Angle of Elevation
Video Shader
Rule of thirds
37. 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.
Talent
dolly
AGC
The Studio
38. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Rack focus
Aspect Ratios
Talent
The Studio
39. 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.
CU
Lighting Director
crane
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
40. The original television standard approved in the United States in the 1940s. The letter stand for National Television System Committee.
Talent
long lens
Graphics Operator
NTSC
41. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
HDTV
How to focus a camera like a pro
Aspect Ratios
42. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Video Shader
Production
Aspect Ratios
43. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
Medium Shot (head to toe)
VTR
Master Control
Coaxial Cable
44. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
CU
Pre-production
Producer
Video Shader
45. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
Post-Production
Headroom
Graphics Operator
46. Indicates that the camera is level
Rack focus
Horizon Line
CU
Performer Tips
47. 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.
Standard Definition
Long shot (head to toe)
Control Room
Stage Manager
48. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Green Rooms
NTSC
Pan
Director
49. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Engineer
Video Shader
long lens
Performer Tips
50. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
ATSC
Lead room
Lighting Director
Production