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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. 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
Talent
Director
Pan
2. The part of the lens that allows light to pass through.
ATSC
Video Shader
Iris
Tripod
3. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
Engineer
long lens
Rack focus
ATSC
4. Additional framing space in a camera picture on the side toward which a subject is looking or moving
HDTV
Production
Lead room
Studio Production
5. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
Tally light
crane
Grunts
Lens
6. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
O/S
Stage Manager
Analog
Performer Tips
7. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
White Balance
Stage Manager
Servo
Post-Production
8. Pointing the camera down or up
Executive Producer
Headroom
Angle of Elevation
Lead room
9. 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
Performer Tips
Control Room
Graphics Operator
10. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Digital
Grunts
Tally light
11. 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
Master Control
Associate Director
Lead room
Lens
12. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Rule of thirds
Field Production
Lighting Director
Macro focus
13. 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.
Green Rooms
crane
VTR
Lens
14. A person who oversees several production.
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Set Production Designer
CU
Executive Producer
15. The person who makes sure the script is appearing on the right part of the prompter screen so the talent can read it properly.
Teleprompter Operartor
Analog
Camera Operators
Tilt
16. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
dolly
Stage Manager
Pan
Talent
17. Makes sure camera match - lighting
Associate Director
Standard Definition
Video Shader
Technical Director
18. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Art Director
AGC
Associate Director
Associate Director
19. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Foreground
Master Control
Art Director
Interruptible Feedback
20. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Control Room
Associate Director
trucking
Firewire (IEE-1394)
21. in control room
Pre-production
CU
Iris
Engineer
22. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
dolly
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Producer
Talent
23. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
VTR
Production
Performer Tips
Set Production Designer
24. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Green Rooms
Post-Production
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Graphics Operator
25. in control room
Engineer
Pre-production
Pan
ATSC
26. Indicates that the camera is level
Associate Director
Horizon Line
Lead room
Post-Production
27. people who deliver lines
Coaxial Cable
Talent
Video Shader
Production
28. Planning the project
Pre-production
Tripod
Lighting Director
Macro focus
29. A method of representing video or audio signals using a 'wave' of continuously.
Tally light
Analog
Tilt
HDTV
30. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
ECU
Headroom
dolly
31. Indicates that the camera is level
Horizon Line
Performer Tips
Pan
Stage Manager
32. The directors key assistant in charge of all production concerns on the floor. Example: communicate with talent
Rule of thirds
Lighting Director
Stage Manager
VTR
33. punched switcher
CU
Set Production Designer
Rule of thirds
Technical Director
34. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Producer
Coaxial Cable
Studio Production
Lighting Director
35. 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.
Camera Operators
White Balance
Producer
Post-Production
36. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Editor
Remotes
Tally light
Rack focus
37. 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.
The Studio
AGC
Standard Definition
Iris
38. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Performer Tips
Pre-production
Tally light
Pan
39. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Headroom
Associate Director
HD
Producer
40. Pointing the camera down or up
Angle of Elevation
Stage Manager
The Studio
Graphics Operator
41. 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)
Digital
Foreground
Rule of thirds
long lens
42. A three legged camera mount - sometimes equipped with casters to facilitate camera movement.
Field Production
trucking
Tripod
Talent
43. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
Post-Production
Coaxial Cable
Video Shader
dolly
44. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
HDTV
Tilt
Iris
Lens
45. 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
Production
Studio Production
Performer Tips
46. 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
AGC
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Performer Tips
47. punched switcher
Technical Director
Master Control
Pre-production
Green Rooms
48. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Rack focus
Firewire (IEE-1394)
Aspect Ratios
Long shot (head to toe)
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
HDTV
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Rule of thirds
50. 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
VTR
Production
Pre-production