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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.
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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 place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
Lead room
Video Shader
Engineer
2. 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)
dolly
Grunts
Lighting Director
Digital
3. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
AGC
Lighting Director
Aspect Ratios
Production
4. 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.
AGC
Production
ATSC
Associate Director
5. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Pan
Teleprompter Operartor
Post-Production
Set Production Designer
6. 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.
Aspect Ratios
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Rule of thirds
Engineer
7. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
NTSC
Rule of thirds
Associate Director
Headroom
8. 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.
dolly
Angle of Elevation
Director
Standard Definition
9. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Producer
Post-Production
ECU
Servo
10. To move the camera and its mount laterally to the right or left.
Rack focus
trucking
Studio Production
Technical Director
11. 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.
crane
Lens
Tilt
O/S
12. Planning the project
Pre-production
long lens
Master Control
Lens
13. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
NTSC
Tilt
Digital
14. ...
Tilt
How to focus a camera like a pro
Producer
Engineer
15. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Tripod
long lens
Iris
Editor
16. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Tally light
NTSC
Producer
How to focus a camera like a pro
17. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Interruptible Feedback
Engineer
Tripod
Digital
18. in control room
Tripod
Director
VTR
Engineer
19. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance - usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Long shot (head to toe)
Teleprompter Operartor
Master Control
HD
20. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Analog
Pedestal mount
Stage Manager
trucking
21. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
White Balance
Stage Manager
Remotes
Performer Tips
22. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
Remotes
VTR
crane
White Balance
23. Indicates that the camera is level
HDTV
Lead room
Video Shader
Horizon Line
24. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
AGC
Headroom
How to focus a camera like a pro
Coaxial Cable
25. A device used to record video and audio information onto a magnetic tape. Stands for videotape recorder
VTR
Remotes
Aspect Ratios
Graphics Operator
26. ...
How to focus a camera like a pro
Lens
Lead room
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
27. Program creation that takes place in a controlled environment meant for it - as opposed to production that takes place in the field
Production
Macro focus
Green Rooms
Studio Production
28. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
CU
Graphics Operator
Rule of thirds
Editor
29. 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.
Grunts
Analog
Post-Production
Standard Definition
30. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Camera Operators
The Studio
Analog
Long shot (head to toe)
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.
Digital
Master Control
Horizon Line
HDTV
32. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
White Balance
Lead room
Lens
trucking
33. punched switcher
Editor
Performer Tips
Technical Director
long lens
34. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
Headroom
Macro focus
Interruptible Feedback
35. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
long lens
Coaxial Cable
Art Director
36. A feature found on some zoom lenses that allows the operator to focus on objects very close to the lens.
Set Production Designer
Macro focus
Horizon Line
Teleprompter Operartor
37. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Analog
Graphics Operator
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
dolly
38. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Technical Director
Tripod
long lens
HDTV
39. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
Master Control
Lead room
Servo
NTSC
40. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Analog
Rack focus
Pre-production
Angle of Elevation
41. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
Standard Definition
Set Production Designer
Camera Operators
Coaxial Cable
42. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Tripod
AGC
Lead room
Coaxial Cable
43. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Green Rooms
Standard Definition
Remotes
Post-Production
44. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
White Balance
Pan
Camera Operators
trucking
45. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Pedestal mount
Teleprompter Operartor
Producer
Iris
46. 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.
Post-Production
Digital
crane
Rule of thirds
47. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Editor
long lens
Foreground
Production
48. 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
ATSC
HD
Executive Producer
49. Over the shoulder
O/S
Foreground
Lead room
Macro focus
50. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
CU
Iris
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Set Production Designer