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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 ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Aspect Ratios
How to focus a camera like a pro
Video Shader
Horizon Line
2. The person in charge of the creative aspects of a production and all the procedures that occur in the studio or field.
Director
ATSC
VTR
Remotes
3. The person who determines the environment where the production takes place.
How to focus a camera like a pro
ECU
Set Production Designer
Long shot (head to toe)
4. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Executive Producer
Aspect Ratios
Performer Tips
Iris
5. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
Tilt
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
HDTV
trucking
6. A person who deals with the look of sets and other artistic aspects of a television program.
Producer
Art Director
HD
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
7. The stage during which all the shooting for a program is undertaken.
Technical Director
Production
Servo
Remotes
8. Extreme close up- A very close shot of a person or object - used to intensify drama or show close detail.
Iris
Pre-production
How to focus a camera like a pro
ECU
9. The part of a tape recorder or player that pulls the tape through the machine at the proper speed.
Servo
How to focus a camera like a pro
Tripod
HDTV
10. 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.
Master Control
CU
Interruptible Feedback
Servo
11. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Grunts
AGC
HDTV
12. punched switcher
Engineer
Video Shader
Technical Director
HD
13. 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
Aspect Ratios
Green Rooms
Tripod
14. Pointing the camera down or up
Servo
dolly
Tripod
Angle of Elevation
15. The person who assembles raw footage into a final program.
Camera Operators
Teleprompter Operartor
Video Shader
Editor
16. A camera view of the subject from a relatively great distance usually showing the subject in its entirety.
ECU
long lens
Performer Tips
Tally light
17. A person who sets mics in a studio or location setting and/ or operates the audio console.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Control Room
The Studio
Teleprompter Operartor
18. An audio setup that allows the talent - wearing a small earpiece - to hear program audio or receive instruction from the director or someone.
Control Room
Interruptible Feedback
Lens
O/S
19. combination of studio and field production. Sports - parades
crane
Pre-production
Remotes
Pedestal mount
20. Sincerity - Organize--don't memorize cue cards - On camera clothing - Make-up and hair
Performer Tips
Lead room
Angle of Elevation
Editor
21. helps with routine stuff - anything the director needs - timing of production
Associate Director
The Studio
crane
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
22. 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
NTSC
Headroom
crane
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.
Tripod
Set Production Designer
Pedestal mount
Long shot (head to toe)
24. The place in a studio complex where people who are about to appear on a TV show can wait.
Green Rooms
How to focus a camera like a pro
Pre-production
Headroom
25. A camera shot that starts with one object in focus - then changes to focus on another object.
Iris
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Rack focus
26. Interns - Cable Pullers - 2nd Assistant Directors
ECU
Coaxial Cable
Analog
Grunts
27. 1) To turn a camera horizontally by rotating the camera mounting head. 2) The shot produced by panning a camera. 3) A rectangular floodlight
Studio Production
Pan
Digital
O/S
28. A view of the subject from a comfortable distance between a wide shot and close-up.
Studio Production
Medium Shot (head to toe)
Tripod
Video Shader
29. The period of time - after individual program segments have been produced and recorded - when elements of a program are assembled.
Post-Production
Art Director
Digital
Set Production Designer
30. Camcorder is essential because this is when you are filming outdoors or not in a studio. 'real world' shooting
Field Production
Coaxial Cable
HD
Headroom
31. Indicates that the camera is level
Iris
Horizon Line
Post-Production
Remotes
32. The person who oversees the lighting of the set and makes lighting changes - if they are needed - during production.
Audio Operator (A1) (A2)
Headroom
VTR
Lighting Director
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.
CU
ECU
Pre-production
Executive Producer
34. A television format with more lines of resolution and a wider aspect ratio than standard-definition NTSC television.
VTR
Tripod
Associate Director
HDTV
35. The creator and originator of a television program - usually in charge of elements such as writing - music clearance - financial considerations - and hiring the director.
Performer Tips
Producer
Technical Director
Pre-production
36. people who deliver lines
Macro focus
Field Production
Talent
Engineer
37. ...
Director
Standard Definition
How to focus a camera like a pro
Producer
38. A person who creates words - drawings and some visual effects that are incorporated with a production.
AGC
Servo
Graphics Operator
Remotes
39. A series of digital television formats developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
Servo
Associate Director
ATSC
Remotes
40. Planning the project
Lead room
Production
Pre-production
Master Control
41. The ratio of the height of a television screen to its width.
Horizon Line
Technical Director
HD
Aspect Ratios
42. The person who frames the shots for a production. Must have knowledge of camera - lens - angles
Rack focus
Pre-production
Camera Operators
Lens
43. Camera and video cable with a central insulted conducting wire and a concentrically arranged outer wire.
Lighting Director
Coaxial Cable
Rule of thirds
Tilt
44. 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
Servo
Post-Production
AGC
Lens
45. To move the camera and its mount closer to or farther from the subject.
dolly
Tripod
Pan
Tripod
46. in control room
long lens
Teleprompter Operartor
Engineer
Graphics Operator
47. Planning the project
Aspect Ratios
Associate Director
Pre-production
O/S
48. Over the shoulder
Master Control
O/S
Graphics Operator
Teleprompter Operartor
49. small red indicators on a camera to let the talent and camera operator know that the camera is on the air or recording
Producer
Tally light
Director
Associate Director
50. 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
Aspect Ratios
Pre-production
Lens
Editor